flag stop

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flag stop (plural flag stops)

  1. (rail transport, US) A train station at which trains stop only on request.
    Synonym: flag station
    Hypernym: request stop
    • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
      All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.

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