flag stop

noun

flag stop

noun

1

Rail transport, Railways, Transport US A train station at which trains stop only on request.

All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:

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