booking hall

plural booking halls

1. UKrail transportSynonym of ticket hall.

   It has been little altered over the years save for the addition of a platform awning which rather obscures the arcaded entrance to the booking hall.

   1957 August 28, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529

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   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.

   2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29

   '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.

   2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 56

   Synonyms: ticket hall