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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
buffet car
noun
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▪ As she passed the buffet car her stomach rumbled, as if to remind her she hadn't eaten since lunchtime.
▪ Ffestiniog's Railway's buffet car No. 114 which incorporates refrigeration equipment and a carriage heating system.
▪ He travelled in the buffet car, leaning against the window with a drink.
▪ Most trains are steam hauled by one of the railway's extensive collection of tank engines and include full buffet car facilities.
▪ The buffet car was up ahead; there was a young woman buying a drink and some sandwiches.
Wiktionary
buffet car

n. A dining car.

WordNet
buffet car

n. a passenger car where food is served in transit [syn: dining car, diner, dining compartment]

Wikipedia
Buffet car

A buffet car is a passenger car of a train, where snacks and beverages can be bought at a counter and consumed. Typically, passengers are not allowed to consume brought-along food and drinks in the car, and are therefore only able to eat in this area by buying their food in the car.

Usage examples of "buffet car".

But now let us go and get something to eat and drink in the buffet car.

And anyway you couldn't buy one because the buffet car was nearly always closed.

The ticket collector bustled through the buffet car, and clipped Stephen'.

Which was why the two kept well away from him, boarded a carriage far down the train, on the other side of the buffet car, and sat for the first part of their journey with their hats on, hiding behind newspapers which they'd already read four or five times.

Having found his train, Winkler walked up the length of it, past the three first-class carriages and the buffet car, to the three blue-upholstered second-class carriages near the front end.

The lunch wagon was an old buffet car without wheels, set end to the Street in a space between a machine shop and a rooming house.

The superexpress to Tokyo was a luxurious train with a buffet car, plush seats, and, considering the great speed it attained, surprisingly little rail noise and lateral motion.

As every mile slipped by he relaxed a little more, and after a time was even able to eat half a sandwich from the buffet car.