What is "passenger car"

n. 1 A railroad car that carries passengers. 2 A road vehicle that carries passengers; a motorcar or automobile.

n. a railcar where passengers ride [syn: coach, carriage]

A passenger car (known as a coach or carriage in the UK, and also known as a bogie in India) is a piece of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. The term passenger car can also be associated with a sleeping car, baggage, dining, railway post office and prisoner transport cars.

Passenger car may refer to:

• A car (automobile) as opposed to a truck
• Passenger car (Ferris wheel), a compartment for carrying passengers
• Passenger car (rail), railway rolling stock for carrying passengers