Boat Train (Noun)
Meaning
A train taking passengers to or from a port.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Passengers could catch the boat train at Waterloo Station in London for the voyage to Cherbourg in France.
- A connecting boat train ran daily between New York's Penn Station and the city's harbour, carrying migrants on the final leg of their transatlantic journey.
- We stood at the port station and waited anxiously for the arrival of the overnight boat train that was to carry our belongings.
- By catching the evening boat train to Liverpool Docks we just managed to reach our cruise ship in time.
- Due to tidal issues at low tide our scheduled sailing departure meant a particularly early morning departure was necessary and as a result catching an extremely early morning boat train to make it in time became our main challenge.