A verb or noun for a 始発電車 arriving for passengers


Is there a name for a situation when a train departing from a source station
(始発電車) arrives empty and waits for passengers?

For example, is there a way to ask if the train is already waiting on a
platform, or when it will be ready for passengers? Like:

> 豊岡行はもう◯◯していますか  
>  新宮行は発車の何分前◯◯しますか

I guess 到着 does not apply in this case, as the train does not formally arrive
at the departing station. 準備していますか sounds too general on the other hand.




The technical term for that is 「[入線]{にゅうせん}」 for the noun and you can attach
to it 「する/した/している, etc.」 to form a verb.

[入線 in
大辞林](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%85%A5%E7%B7%9A-593154#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88)

Will you actually hear us "regular" native-speaker passengers use the term?
No, you rarely would if ever. It would mostly be either a railroad employee or
a rail buff who might use it.

The rest of the nation would use phrases such as:

> 「[始発]{しはつ}はもう[入]{はい}って（い）ますか。」
>
> 「始発はいつ入ってきますか/入りますか。」
>
> 「[東京]{とうきょう}行{い}きは[発車]{はっしゃ}の[何分前]{なんぷんまえ}に入ってきますか/入りますか。」




The technical term for that is 「[入線]{にゅうせん}」 for the noun and you can attach
to it 「する/した/している, etc.」 to form a verb.

[入線 in
大辞林](https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%85%A5%E7%B7%9A-593154#E5.A4.A7.E8.BE.9E.E6.9E.97.20.E7.AC.AC.E4.B8.89.E7.89.88)

Will you actually hear us "regular" native-speaker passengers use the term?
No, you rarely would if ever. It would mostly be either a railroad employee or
a rail buff who might use it.

The rest of the nation would use phrases such as:

> 「[始発]{しはつ}はもう[入]{はい}って（い）ますか。」
>
> 「始発はいつ入ってきますか/入りますか。」
>
> 「[東京]{とうきょう}行{い}きは[発車]{はっしゃ}の[何分前]{なんぷんまえ}に入ってきますか/入りますか。」

