goods train

noun

, British.

1. freight train.

Word History and Origins

Origin of goods train¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Aziz said the incident happened in Shaikhupura district near Qila Sattar Shah station early morning as the passenger train which left Mianwali for Lahore was directed to the track where the goods train was already parked.

From Seattle Times

The accident took place in June in the eastern state of Odisha when a passenger train hit a stationary goods train and derailed on to an adjacent track.

From BBC

The crash saw a passenger train derail after wrongly entering into a loop track by the side of the main line and colliding with a stationary goods train that was parked there.

From BBC

Meanwhile, the railways said on Sunday that the Coromandel Express's engine and coaches crashed into a goods train due to a signal fault and a "change in electronic interlocking".

From BBC

At least 288 people were killed and over 800 injured in Friday's accident in Odisha state, involving two passenger trains and a goods train.

From BBC