platform ticket

noun

, British.

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

platform ticket

First recorded in 1900–05

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.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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