booking office

a ticket office, especially one in a railway station.

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First recorded in 1830–40

As a matter of course, the station was in semi-darkness—for Nuits is not a large place—and the booking-office was not open.
An Englishman in Paris|Albert D. (Albert Dresden) Vandam
The train was punctual, and the bell, announcing its arrival, rang as he crossed the booking-office to go out upon the platform.
Desperate Remedies|Thomas Hardy
At the booking-office he was told that the special train for the Sutlej had just gone.
Mary Gray|Katharine Tynan
Mr. Narkom's brain flew to the booking-office, and his cheeks paled.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light|Mary E. Hanshew

She had given him rather a pathetic look of enquiry when he had first come up to them waiting for him in the booking-office.
Abington Abbey|Archibald Marshall