local train; train that stops at every station
Abbreviation of 各駅停車. Used primarily in railway contexts to refer to a local train service that stops at all stations, as opposed to rapid or express services.
See also: 各駅停車
The local train will wait at the next station for the rapid train to pass.
The local train on this line stops at every station.
Please transfer to a local train at Shinjuku.
The next local train will arrive in five minutes.
快速 refers to a rapid train that skips some stations, directly contrasting with 各停 which stops at every station.
急行 is an express train with even fewer stops than 快速, further contrasting with the all-stops 各停.
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Abbreviation of 各駅停車 (かくえきていしゃ), literally 'each station stop', formed by taking the first characters of 各駅 and 停車.