ghost train

English

Noun

ghost train (plural ghost trains)

1. A fairground attraction in which participants ride through a haunted house in a railcar.
2. (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.
3. (UK) A rail service which does not appear in the public timetables.
4. (UK) A supernatural manifestation of a railway locomotive or passenger cars.
5. 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

Anagrams

• throatings