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Metroliner

American  
[me-troh-lahy-ner] / ˈmɛ troʊˌlaɪ nər /
Trademark.
  1. any of several high-speed, reserved-seat trains run by Amtrak and serving points between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C.


Etymology

Origin of Metroliner

metro- 3 + liner 1

Example Sentences

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“If the Billings Gazette has not shut down their Goss Metroliner by now, it will go dark when their building, which is up for sale, is sold,” he added.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

The new trains will replace Amfleet, Metroliner and state-owned equipment starting in 2024.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021

It includes the Amfleet I cars run on the Northeast Regional line stretching from Washington to Boston, as well as the 1960s Metroliner cab and the Cascades service cars in the Pacific Northwest.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2021

It has been reported that the 19-year-old Fairchild Metroliner aircraft passed a full maintenance check in Spain last week.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2011

As soon as Tyrone Duncan detrained from the elegant Metroliner he had ridden this morning from New York's Penn Station, he was drenched in perspiration.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau

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