gateline

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English

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Etymology

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From gate +‎ line.

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Noun

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gateline (plural gatelines)

  1. A row of turnstiles allowing passengers to enter or exit on inserting a ticket.
    • 1993, Great Britain. Dept. of Transport, Railway safety
      [] for example, ticket office staff can now perform platform and gateline duties and vice versa.
    • 2006, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, Personal Passenger Safety in Railway Stations, page 16:
      Over and above our contribution to the British Transport Police, we will employ an additional 12 Community Support Officers and we will install or extend ticket gatelines at five stations.
    • 2010, Stephanie Smith, Underground London:
      Provided you didn't surrender your ticket into the maw of the gateline at B, you could in theory go back to A and do the whole trip again.
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 29:
      On the opposite side of the concourse is the triple-counter ticket office and three self-service machines which are adjacent to a large customer service counter and the gateline.

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