barrow crossing
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport UK A type of crossing found mainly in railway stations which allows passengers to cross between platforms at track level.
- As the ends of the up and down platforms are not opposite each other, it is not possible to provide the ordinary type of barrow crossing, and the full churns were too heavy to be man-handled up and down the stairs of the footbridge.1951 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Milk Platform at Beccles”, in Railway Magazine, page 717: