📚 noun • entry_id 28096
sleeping car
Meanings (ES + gloss)
coche cama • coche dormitorio • vagón litera
A railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.
In August 1859, eighty years ago, a sleeping car appeared on the Chicago & Alton Railroad of the United States, a great advance on the primitive facilities previously available.
Today, the 'Night Riviera' is one of only two sleeping car services that survive in the UK.
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