"platform ticket" meaning in All languages combined

See platform ticket on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: platform tickets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} platform ticket (plural platform tickets)
  1. (rail transport, historical) A ticket giving a non-traveller access to a railway station platform. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Rail transportation Translations (Translations): ticket de quai [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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