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(UK, colloquial) A slow passenger train leaving in the early hours of the morning. / (rail transport) A goods train that carried milk, usually in tank wagons.

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milk train

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milk train

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UK colloquial

Japanese Meaning

（英国の口語）早朝に出発する、速度が遅い旅客列車 / （鉄道輸送）通常、タンク車を使用して牛乳を運搬する貨物列車

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At dawn I caught the milk train because the earlier express had been canceled.

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前の急行が運休したので、夜明けに出発する鈍行列車に乗りました。

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(UK, colloquial) A slow passenger train leaving in the early hours of the morning.

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(rail transport) A goods train that carried milk, usually in tank wagons.

On the Western Region, milk trains work up to London from Penzance, Wellington (Som.), Weymouth, Whitland, Carmarthen and Wootton Bassett, each train making several intermediate stops to attach further milk tanks, and in some cases to shed them.

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milk trains

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