detrain

Leave the platform

To detrain is to get off a train, or to remove people or cargo from one: Passengers will detrain on the left side.

The word belongs to military and railroad contexts more than everyday speech—most people simply say get off the train.

passenger

alight

To descend and settle

arrival · disembark · conductor · announcement · doors · carriage · terminal · passengers · stop · destination

military

disembark

Exit a vehicle

formation · regiment · station · barracks · convoy · mobilization · personnel · battalion · unload · garrison

logistics

unload

Remove contents from

shipment · warehouse · transfer · manifest · containers · loading dock · goods · dispatch · inventory · forklift

Categories
Opposites
boarding vs. alighting from trains

detrainentrain

Board for travel

board · embark · get on · enplane · mount

Family

detrained, detraining

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G