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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.
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A verb or noun for a 始発電車 arriving for passengers
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。」
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As a Japanese, I say that you can use 「到着」

> 豊岡行はもう到着していますか
>
> 新宮行は発車の何分前に到着の予定ですか

BTW, in an announce, they say「電車が参ります」 not 「電車が入ります」

EDIT: in a timetable 「着」 means 「到着」, 「発」 means 「出発」
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