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through-ticket

through-ticket noun: a ticket that is a single contract for a multileg journey (e.g. on multiple transport networks) that guarantees passenger rights and protections in case of disruptions on one leg of the journey, e.g. a missed train.

Noun

through-ticket (plural through-tickets)

  1. A ticket that is a single contract for a multileg journey (e.g. on multiple transport networks) that guarantees passenger rights and protections in case of disruptions on one leg of the journey, e.g. a missed train.
    • On a through-ticket you're legally entitled to later onward travel if a delay means a missed connection, but with separate train-specific tickets the risk is yours.

Forms of through-ticket

pluralthrough-tickets

Words that rhyme with through-ticket

Questions about through-ticket

What does through-ticket mean?
Through-ticket means a ticket that is a single contract for a multileg journey (e.g. on multiple transport networks) that guarantees passenger rights and protections in case of disruptions on one leg of the journey, e.g. a missed train.
What part of speech is through-ticket?
Through-ticket is a noun.
What is the plural of through-ticket?
The plural of through-ticket is through-tickets.

Words near through-ticket in the dictionary

  1. through-lines
  2. through-shine
  3. through-stitch
  4. through-stone
  5. through-stones
  6. through-ticket
  7. through-ticketing
  8. through-tickets
  9. throughabout
  10. throughbore
  11. throughbores

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