booking hall

English

Noun

booking hall (plural booking halls)

1. (rail transport, UK) Synonym of ticket hall.
   • 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 29:

     In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.

   • 2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 56:

     'Halls' and 'offices' are more distinct, with some stations featuring a booking hall as well as a booking office. As Bill Fawcett notes in a 2015 architectural history of British railway stations, booking halls sometimes doubled as waiting rooms and were accompanied by a booking office.

References

• “booking hall”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.