gateline

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UK/ˈɡeɪtlaɪn/US/ˈɡeɪtˌlaɪn/

noun

A row of turnstiles allowing passengers to enter or exit a place on inserting tickets.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noungateline (plural gatelines)

plural gatelines

  1. transportA row of turnstiles allowing passengers to enter or exit a place on inserting tickets.

    1993, Great Britain. Dept. of Transport, Railway safety […] for example, ticket office staff can now perform platform and gateline duties and vice versa.

    3 more examples

    Over and above our contribution to the British Transport Police, we will employ an additional 12 Community Support Officers and we will install or extend ticket gatelines at five stations.

    2006, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, Personal Passenger Safety in Railway Stations, page 16

    Provided you didn't surrender your ticket into the maw of the gateline at B, you could in theory go back to A and do the whole trip again.

    2010, Stephanie Smith, Underground London

    On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.

    2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 29

Origin

Translations

Finnish rivi kääntöportteja
  • rivi kääntöporttejarow of turnstiles allowing passengers to enter or exit on inserting tickets

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APA

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Chicago

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