flag stop
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]flag stop (plural flag stops)
- (rail transport, US) A train station at which trains stop only on request.
- Synonym: flag station
- Hypernym: request stop
- 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
- All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.
