request stop

noun

A location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounrequest stop (plural request stops)

plural request stops

  1. A location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger.

    To compound the misery, Penmaenmawr is a request stop with poor visibility, so to ensure the train stops we had to stand in drenching rain.

    2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 97
    1 more example

    Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?

    2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 招呼站
  • 招呼站location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Czech zastávka na znamení, zastávka na požádání
  • zastávka na znamenílocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
  • zastávka na požádánílocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Dutch stop op verzoek, stop op afroep
  • stop op verzoeklocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
  • stop op afroeplocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Estonian nõudepeatus
  • nõudepeatuslocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
German Bedarfshalt
  • Bedarfshaltlocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Hungarian feltételes megállóhely
  • feltételes megállóhelylocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Polish przystanek na żądanie
  • przystanek na żądanielocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Slovak zastávka na znamenie
  • zastávka na znamenielocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Spanish parada a solicitud, parada facultativa
  • parada a solicitudlocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
  • parada facultativalocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
  • parada discrecionallocation at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger
Cite this entry
APA

request stop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/request%20stop

MLA

“request stop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/request%20stop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “request stop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/request%20stop.

Source: request stop on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.