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Passenger car

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004155

A type of railway rolling stock designed for transporting people. These cars are equipped with seating, windows, and sometimes amenities like restrooms or dining facilities, depending on their purpose and route. They connect to other cars to form a passenger train, operating on standard gauge or narrow gauge tracks.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004155
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectRail equipment
Synonymspassenger carriage; passenger coach; passenger bogie; railway carriage
TranslationsGerman: Personenwagen; Spanish: vagón de pasajeros; French: voiture de chemin de fer
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004155",
  "term": "Passenger car",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A type of railway rolling stock designed for transporting people. These cars are equipped with seating, windows, and sometimes amenities like restrooms or dining facilities, depending on their purpose and route. They connect to other cars to form a passenger train, operating on standard gauge or narrow gauge tracks.",
  "synonyms": [
    "passenger carriage",
    "passenger coach",
    "passenger bogie",
    "railway carriage"
  ],
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Personenwagen",
    "es": "vagón de pasajeros",
    "fr": "voiture de chemin de fer"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/passenger-car/"
}

Record 4,514 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.