Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

through station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables: through s-ta-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

through stations (plural)

Questions

What does through station mean?: 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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