request stop

English

Noun

request stop (plural request stops)

1. A location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger.
   • 2019 October, Chris Stokes, “Between the Lines”, in Modern Railways, page 97:

     To compound the misery, Penmaenmawr is a request stop with poor visibility, so to ensure the train stops we had to stand in drenching rain.

Hyponyms

• flag stop

Translations

location at which public transport does not ordinarily stop, but will do so if specifically requested by a passenger

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 招呼站 (zh)

• Czech: zastávka na znamení (cs) f, zastávka na požádání f
• Dutch: stop op verzoek m, stop op afroep m
• Estonian: nõudepeatus (et)
• German: Bedarfshalt (de) m
• Polish: przystanek na żądanie (pl) m
• Slovak: zastávka na znamenie f
• Spanish: parada a solicitud f, parada facultativa f, parada discrecional f

See also

• whistle-stop