Meanings
nounstopping service (plural stopping services)
plural stopping services
- rail transportA train service operated by a stopping train.
While he is reasonably effusive about inter-city travel, he is heavily disparaging of all types of stopping service, including those on otherwise busy main lines. His analysis is not entirely unsound, and he tackles some of the questions head on.
2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 47
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