"booking hall" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29",
          "text": "In 1958, it was reported that for \"the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station\". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.",
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          "ref": "2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 56",
          "text": "'Halls' and 'offices' are more distinct, with some stations featuring a booking hall as well as a booking office. As Bill Fawcett notes in a 2015 architectural history of British railway stations, booking halls sometimes doubled as waiting rooms and were accompanied by a booking office.",
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        "Synonym of ticket hall."
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        "(rail transport, UK) Synonym of ticket hall."
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          "word": "ticket hall"
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  "word": "booking hall"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29",
          "text": "In 1958, it was reported that for \"the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station\". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 56",
          "text": "'Halls' and 'offices' are more distinct, with some stations featuring a booking hall as well as a booking office. As Bill Fawcett notes in a 2015 architectural history of British railway stations, booking halls sometimes doubled as waiting rooms and were accompanied by a booking office.",
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        "(rail transport, UK) Synonym of ticket hall."
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