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metroliner
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
U.S. high-speed inter-city train, 1969, from metropolitan + liner.
Wikipedia
The Metroliners were extra-fare high speed trains between Washington, D.C., and New York City from 1969 to the 2006. They were first operated by Penn Central Transportation, successor to the Pennsylvania Railroad, and later by Amtrak.
Originally using self-powered electric multiple unit cars (later replaced by locomotive-hauled cars due to decreasing reliability and other issues) the train had reserved business-class and first-class seating. A trip between New York's Pennsylvania Station and Washington, D.C.'s Union Station took 2.5 to 3.4 hours.
Amtrak replaced Metroliner service with high-speed Acela Express trainsets. The unconverted Metroliners were retired in the early- to mid-2000s
Metroliner or Metro Liner may refer to:
- Metroliner (Amtrak), a former train service between New York and Washington, D.C.
- Budd Metroliner, rail coaches and cabs used on the Metroliner service above
- Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, a 19-seat, pressurised, twin turboprop airliner
- MCW Metroliner, a British bus
- Metro Liner (Los Angeles County), a bus rapid transit system in Los Angeles County, California
Usage examples of "metroliner".
He left a wakeup call for ten and asked the concierge to have him a first-class ticket for the eleven o'clock Metroliner into Union Station, Washington, D.