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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Limited_express/6UmDtq0X">Limited express</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Limited-stop/TzQkVsg0">Limited-stop</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Regional_rail/YVeQHJo7">Regional rail</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inter-city_rail/1KGsHKVC">Inter-city rail</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Highball_Signal/Y2LQykBx">Highball Signal</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.chicago-l.org/operations/lines/route_ops/north.html">Brief history of express/local combination service on Chicago's North Side Main Line</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.davros.org/rail/culg/metropolitan.html">A history on London Underground's Metropolitan line, including its "fast" or express service</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"express train". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved May 7, 2019. <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/express%20train" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/express%20train</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"express train". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved May 7, 2019. <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/express+train" target="_blank">https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/express+train</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>the editorial staff of the National Reporter System, ed. (1914). Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases - Second Series. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co. p. 791 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bDIrAQAAMAAJ&q=express+train+definition&pg=PA791" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=bDIrAQAAMAAJ&q=express+train+definition&pg=PA791</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"How to Ride the Subway". MTA.info. Retrieved May 7, 2019. <a href="http://web.mta.info/nyct/subway/howto_sub.htm" target="_blank">http://web.mta.info/nyct/subway/howto_sub.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Court of Justiciary, and House of Lords, From August 3, 1893, to August 25, 1894. Vol. Fourth Series, Volume XXI. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, Law Booksellers. 1894. pp. 767–768 – via Google Books. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zU1NAQAAMAAJ&q=express+train+definition&pg=RA2-PA767" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=zU1NAQAAMAAJ&q=express+train+definition&pg=RA2-PA767</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Foxwell, E. (1884). English Express Trains. London: Edward Stanford. p. 60 – via Internet Archive. express train definition. <a href="https://archive.org/details/englishexpresst00foxwgoog" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/englishexpresst00foxwgoog</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Foxwell, E.; Farrer, T.C. (1889). Express Trains, English and Foreign. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 93 – via Internet Archive. express train definition. <a href="https://archive.org/details/expresstrainsen00foxwgoog" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/expresstrainsen00foxwgoog</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>