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Old December 30th 10, 11:43 PM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default The "Third Rail problem"

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:30:06 +0000, Charles Ellson wrote:

Shorter Oxford Dictionary -
"Train ^sb1 [...] III.[...] 8. A number of railway carriages,
vans or trucks coupled together (usually including the
locomotive by which they are drawn) 1824 "


So single-carriage units like the Stourbridge PPM aren't trains! Does
that mean I don't need a valid ticket to travel in them...?


 
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