冠詞についての質問です。
In Switzerland, a train has made the first trip using the world’s longest railway tunnel. The tunnel goes through the Alps. It connects Zurich and Lugano.
The train left Zurich on December 11 ( eleventh ), carrying about 500 passengers. It passed through the 57.1 kilometer-long Gotthardo Base Tunnel. “ This is a historic moment ”, a male passenger said. “ I really wanted to be part of it. ” At the end of the two hour ride, the train reached Lugano. Passengers were welcomed by crowds and musicians at the train platform. The Swiss tunnel took 17 years to build at a cost of some 12 billion dollars. It has reduced travel time between the 2 cities by more than half an hour. It beats the previous world record holder, Japan’s Seikan-Tunnel, by a length of 3.2 kilometers. Seikan-Tunnel connects Japan’s main island, Honshu and the northern island of Hokkaido.
上記の英文で Passengers に定冠詞の the はなぜつかないのでしょうか？列車が特定されていますので、文脈からその列車の乗客とわかりますので、the がつくように感じます。英文はNHKの講座からの英文ですので、間違っていないと思います。無冠詞の理由を教えてください。よろしくお願いします。
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marbleshit様 ご対応ありがとうございました。 とても参考になりました。