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platform ticket

noun

, British.
  1. a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.


platform ticket

noun

  1. a ticket for admission to railway platforms but not for travel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of platform ticket1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

When you have satisfied yourself that I'm correct in what I say, take a platform ticket and walk upstairs to platform No. 5.

Remembering the ruse which the friendly guide at Rotterdam had taught me, I began by purchasing a platform ticket.

She had no platform ticket, and she could not possibly be travelling by the train.

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