pay train
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport Historical, From pay (noun) A train carrying people’s wages.
2
Rail transport, Railways, Transport From pay (adjective) A train for which tickets are bought on board rather than at the station beforehand.
- Besides, is not the pay-train from Leeds disgorging a clutch of poets every lunch time, to read authentic texts aloud?1977, Angela Carter, “The Paris of the North”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 216:
- Why was there not more talk about destaffing, pay trains, or simplified signalling or single-tracking?2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 51: