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

In 2008 the National Football League launched its own resale platform, Ticket Exchange, with Live Nation Entertainment Inc. LYV 0.26 % ’s Ticketmaster, but left it up to individual teams to encourage or enforce its use.

From The Wall Street Journal

The platform ticket entitles you to walk on to the platform from which the Brighton train starts, and, when it is just moving out and all the tickets have been looked at, you will leap on board.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg