flag station

American  

noun

1. a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.

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Etymology

Origin of flag station

An Americanism dating back to 1845–50

Example Sentences

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flag station

At the tiny flag station of Wykes, C.N.R.'s No. 11, more than an hour late, slid to an unscheduled stop.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Is that a foreign country," says I, "or a nickname for some flag station?"

From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster

We could reach the flag station in two hours if we started at once.

From Lorimer of the Northwest by Dewey, Alfred James

To this county he was tracked and yesterday captured at Clow, a flag station on the Arkansas & Louisiana railway about twenty miles north of Hope.

From The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Wells-Barnett, Ida B.

You see, Snake's will just become a sort of flag station, while Buffalo Point will sit around in a halo of glory with a brand-new swell depot.

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell