ghost train

English

Noun

ghost train (plural ghost trains)

A fairground attraction in which participants ride through a haunted house in a railcar.
(theater) An excursion done by many tourist railways around the world. Usually, a fictional story is created and performed with static displays or live actors on either side of a train. Actors and actresses play out a story on the long and narrow stage provided by the railcar aisles.
(UK) A rail service which does not appear in the public timetables.
(UK) A supernatural manifestation of a railway locomotive or passenger cars.
An unmanned train rolling on the train line.

Synonyms

(unmanned train):

runaway train
glider

Hypernyms

(fairground attraction): dark ride

Translations

fairground attraction

Czech: strašidelná dráha f
Finnish: kummitusjuna
French: train fantôme (fr) m
German: Geisterbahn (de) f
Hungarian: szellemvasút (hu)
Russian: дорога пеще́ра ужасов f (doroga peščéra užasov)
Slovak: strašidelná dráha f
Spanish: tren del terror m, tren fantasma, tren infernal m
Swedish: spöktåg
Turkish: korku tüneli

theatrical performance beside a train

Finnish: kummitusjuna
German: Geisterzug

rail service which does not appear on timetables

supernatural manifestation of a train

Finnish: aavejuna (fi)

unmanned train

Finnish: miehittämätön juna
French: train fantôme (fr) m

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