ticket barrier

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English

Ticket barriers for Eurostar trains at London St Pancras International station.

Noun

ticket barrier (plural ticket barriers)

  1. (rail transport) A manned barrier at which travel tickets are presented. Modern barriers are machines which can read tickets or where cards can be scanned before allowing passengers through.
    • 1962 July, “The Irish Scene”, in Modern Railways, page 11:
      The modernisation of Limerick is approaching completion [...]. A new ticket barrier painted black and white divides the concourse from the platforms.

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