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ghost station

ghost station noun: a disused metro station that is passed through, but not stopped at, by passenger trains.

Noun

ghost station (plural ghost stations)

  1. A disused metro station that is passed through, but not stopped at, by passenger trains.
    • In Berlin, however, there is a handful of 'proper' ghost stations that can still be uncovered and observed, if not always visited. They constitute one of the German capital's lesser-known Cold War features, the so-called Geisterbahnhoffe^([sic]). […] Ghost stations (and platforms) appeared as a...2025 October 29, Vitali Vitaliev, “Haunted by the past”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 68

Forms of ghost station

pluralghost stations

Origin of ghost station

Calque of German Geisterbahnhöfe, originally describing stations in Berlin that were closed during the Cold War.

Questions about ghost station

What does ghost station mean?
Ghost station means a disused metro station that is passed through, but not stopped at, by passenger trains.
What part of speech is ghost station?
Ghost station is a noun.
What is the plural of ghost station?
The plural of ghost station is ghost stations.

Words near ghost station in the dictionary

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