detrains

Leaves the locomotive

Detrains means gets off a train, the opposite of boards.

Military and logistics contexts use it most: The troops detrained at dawn and assembled on the platform.

The word is formal and somewhat old-fashioned in everyday speech, where people typically just say "got off the train."

disembarkation

platform

Raised flat structure

exit · station · conductor · railway · alighting · stepping off · unloading · arrival · baggage · tracks

military

troops

Military personnel collectively

formation · equipment · personnel · convoy · mobilization · regiment · battalion · disembarkation · kit · gear

transition

change

To make different

moving on · departure · leaving behind · fresh start · turning point · relocation · resettlement

Opposites
boarding vs alighting

detrainsentrains

Boards rail transport

boards · entrain · gets on · embarks · hops on

Family

detrain, detrained, detraining

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G