English Explanatory Dictionary

ghost station

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A disused metro station that is passed through, but not stopped at, by passenger trains.

Word forms

ghost station ghost stations

Etymology

Calque of German Geisterbahnhöfe, originally describing stations in Berlin that were closed during the Cold War.

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