flag stop

English

Noun

flag stop (plural flag stops)

1. (rail transport, US) A train station at which trains stop only on request.

   Synonym: flag station

   Hypernym: request stop

   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:

     All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.

Further reading

• flag stop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• flagpost