English Dictionary

slip coach

名詞

(rail transport) A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.)

日本語の意味

（鉄道において）長距離列車の末尾に連結され、途中下車客を乗せるために途中で切り離され、後方に放置される客車。

The slip coach at the rear of the express was uncoupled at the junction to serve a smaller town.

急行列車の最後尾に連結され、途中の町へ向かうために走行中に切り離される客車は、分岐点で切り離された。

意味（1）

(rail transport) A coach at the end of a long-distance train which carries passengers for an intermediate destination and is decoupled or "slipped" and left behind. (In bygone times the decoupling was done on the move; the rest of the train did not stop.)

Slip-coach workings on the Western Region, the last stronghold of this practice, are now reduced to two daily - at Didcot off the 7.0 a.m. Weston-super-Mare-Paddington; and at Bicester (Saturdays excepted) off the 5.10 p.m. Paddington-Wolverhampton.

slip coaches （ plural ）