Coach

:This article is about vehicles called coaches. For other meanings of the word, see coach (disambiguation).

Railway coach

A railway coach — also known, especially in the UK, as a railway carriage — is a vehicle designed for the conveyance of passengers by rail (the first such vehicles were, in fact, often road coaches mounted on frames equipped with railway wheels). In North America railway coaches are usually known as "railroad cars". A railway coach can be self-propelled such as the Budd Rail Diesel Car (in which case it is known as a railcar), form part of a multiple unit of self-propelled vehicles, or be pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives either singly or together with other such coaches. For more information on railway coaches, see the articles on railroad cars in general or passenger cars for more specifics.

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Railway - UK - Vehicle - Rail - North America - Budd Rail Diesel Car - Railcar - Multiple unit - Locomotive - Railroad car - Passenger car

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