Phrase Meaning – Difference Between ‘Here Comes the Train’, ‘Here the Train Comes’, and ‘The Train Comes Here’

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In an animation, children are waiting for a train in a station. Someone sees the train and says 'here comes the train'.

My question is, Is there any differences between these sentences:

'Here comes the train.'

'Here the train comes.'

'The train comes here.'

Which one is wrong to use?

Best Answer

Here comes the train is the natural and correct way of saying "The train is arriving now."

The train comes here is gramatically correct but has a different meaning: "When the train comes, this is the location it comes to." It does not say anything about whether the train is coming now or in three hours or in four weeks.

Here the train comes is not a natural way of speaking; it might be used in a song or poem, but not in a conversation at the train station. It would be most likely to mean "Here comes the train" but could also mean "The train comes here" depending on context.

As Kate Bunting said, if you have already been talking about the train and then you hear it, you can say Here it comes (not Here comes it).