platform ticket
a pass allowing a visitor to enter upon a railroad platform from which those not traveling are ordinarily excluded.
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How to use platform ticket in a sentence
When you have satisfied yourself that I'm correct in what I say, take a platform ticket and walk upstairs to platform No. 5.
The Man with the Clubfoot | Valentine WilliamsRemembering the ruse which the friendly guide at Rotterdam had taught me, I began by purchasing a platform ticket.
The Man with the Clubfoot | Valentine WilliamsShe had no platform ticket, and she could not possibly be travelling by the train.
The Pretty Lady | Arnold E. Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for platform ticket
a ticket for admission to railway platforms but not for travel
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