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through station

through station noun: any railway station having one or more tracks running through it, and that is not built as a terminus where trains can go no further without changing direction.

Noun

through station (plural through stations)

  1. Any railway station having one or more tracks running through it, and that is not built as a terminus where trains can go no further without changing direction.
    • That is according to a leading academic who has told MPs to heed the lessons from Germany where terminus stations, like those planned on the route of HS2 in Birmingham and Manchester, are currently being replaced by higher-capacity and more operationally efficient through-stations.2022 March 23, Paul Stephen, “IRP adherence risks repeating other countries' mistakes”, in RAIL, number 953, page 20

Forms of through station

pluralthrough stations

Questions about through station

What does through station mean?
Through station means any railway station having one or more tracks running through it, and that is not built as a terminus where trains can go no further without changing direction.
What part of speech is through station?
Through station is a noun.
What is the plural of through station?
The plural of through station is through stations.

Words near through station in the dictionary

  1. through line
  2. through lines
  3. through oneself
  4. through out
  5. through road
  6. through station
  7. through stations
  8. through stone
  9. through stones
  10. through street
  11. through the ceiling

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