platform ticket

noun British.

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

Origin of platform ticket

First recorded in 1900–05

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British Dictionary definitions for platform ticket

platform ticket

noun

a ticket for admission to railway platforms but not for travel

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