platform ticket

American  

noun

British.

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

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platform ticket British  

noun

1. a ticket for admission to railway platforms but not for travel

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Etymology

Origin of platform ticket

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Then I hurried past the main-line platforms over the suburban side, where I gave up my platform ticket and descended again to the street.

From The Man with the Clubfoot by Williams, Valentine

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

From The Man with the Clubfoot by Williams, Valentine

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

From The Pretty Lady by Bennett, Arnold

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

From The Man with the Clubfoot by Williams, Valentine

There must have been getting on for a couple of thousand people in the station itself, who had each paid five cents for a platform ticket, and outside 5,000 is a low estimate.

From The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by Railton, George S. (George Scott)