gateline
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪtlaɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪtˌlaɪn/
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtlaɪn
- Hyphenation: gate‧line
Noun
gateline (plural gatelines)
- (transport) A row of turnstiles allowing passengers to enter or exit a place on inserting tickets.
- 1993, Great Britain. Dept. of Transport, Railway safety
- […] for example, ticket office staff can now perform platform and gateline duties and vice versa.
- 2006, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, Personal Passenger Safety in Railway Stations, page 16:
- Over and above our contribution to the British Transport Police, we will employ an additional 12 Community Support Officers and we will install or extend ticket gatelines at five stations.
- 2010, Stephanie Smith, Underground London:
- Provided you didn't surrender your ticket into the maw of the gateline at B, you could in theory go back to A and do the whole trip again.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 29:
- On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.
- 1993, Great Britain. Dept. of Transport, Railway safety
Translations
row of turnstiles allowing passengers to enter or exit on inserting tickets
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