Meanings
plural flag stops
- USrail transportA train station at which trains stop only on request.
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.
1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263Synonyms: flag station
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA train station at which trains stop only on request.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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