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Definition of Flag stop
1. Noun. A small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal.
Generic synonyms: Railroad Station, Railroad Terminal, Railway Station, Train Depot, Train Station
Definition of Flag stop
1. Noun. A train station at which trains stop only on request. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flag Stop
Literary usage of Flag stop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"... I beg to advise that this company will deliver etone at 50 cents per ton of
2000 pounds fob cars at our flag stop at Quarry, 1% miles south oí St. Paul, ..."
2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1907)
"Further, the evidence showing that Perry was a flag stop for the train in
question (No. 30), this charge required the train to be stopped there, ..."
3. Engineering Preliminaries for an Interurban Electric Railway by Ernest Gonzenbach (1903)
"5 gives the outline of a station and platform suitable for a flag stop of the D,
E & F Railway. A small inexpensive structure, 10 ft. x 12 ft., ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The following signs when placed before the figures of the schedule indicate: "s"—regular
stop: "f"—flag stop to receive or discharge passengers or freight: ..."
5. Summary of Statutes of Alabama Affecting Railroad Corporations by George Washington Jones, John Manly Foster, Samuel Lamar Field (1908)
"... be designated as a flag stop or regular stop for all regu- ular passenger
trains, provided the Railroad Commissioners of Alabama after taking into ..."
6. Annual Report by Railroad Commission of the State of Florida (1890)
"The Railroad Company can only charge the passenger for the actual number of miles
or fraction of a mile which he is carried by it to such flag stop. ..."
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