through station

noun

Any railway station having one or more tracks running through it, and that is not built as a terminus where trains can go no further without changing direction.

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Meanings

nounthrough station (plural through stations)

plural through stations

  1. rail transportAny railway station having one or more tracks running through it, and that is not built as a terminus where trains can go no further without changing direction.

    That is according to a leading academic who has told MPs to heed the lessons from Germany where terminus stations, like those planned on the route of HS2 in Birmingham and Manchester, are currently being replaced by higher-capacity and more operationally efficient through-stations.

    2022 March 23, Paul Stephen, “IRP adherence risks repeating other countries' mistakes”, in RAIL, number 953, page 20
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APA

through station. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20station

MLA

“through station.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20station. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “through station,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/through%20station.

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