säckstation

Swedish

en säckstation

Etymology

Compound of säck (“sack; bag”) +‎ station (“station”). First attested in 1899. Cognate with German Sackbahnhof and Norwegian sekkestasjon.

Noun

säckstation c

1. A terminus, a terminal; a type of train station without any thoroughfare, where the railroad tracks stop (although not necessarily the final stop of the line).

Usage notes

• Only used in a concrete sense about the station structure itself. The end of a line is called slutstation or ändstation.
• Depending on strictness; a station with thoroughfare can still be considered a säckstation if the continuing tracks only let the train turn around, or are under construction or maintenance, or if only freight trains pass through.

Declension

Declension of säckstation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	säckstation	säckstations
	definite	säckstationen	säckstationens
plural	indefinite	säckstationer	säckstationers
	definite	säckstationerna	säckstationernas

See also

• slutstation (“end of line, endstation”)
• ändstation (“end of line, endstation”)
• säckspår (“track without throughfare”)

References

• säckstation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)