| 单词 | parkway station |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparkway station 2. British. A railway station situated on the outskirts of a city, with extensive parking facilities for the use of commuters. Usually in the names of such stations, or in parkway station. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > station > other types stopping station1840 way station1840 flag-station1852 by-station1864 transfer station1869 junction1876 stationette1891 station house1891 halt1910 stub station1916 ghost station1928 whistle-stop1934 parkway1972 1972 Times 10 Mar. 3/6 There will be 70 trains a day between Paddington, Bristol Temple Meads, and Bristol Parkway, a new car-served inter-city station on the northern outskirts of the city. 1976 P. R. White Planning for Public Transport viii. 155 The ‘parkway’ stations opened by British Rail in recent years, notably that at Bristol, offer undoubted evidence of cars being abandoned by their users in favour of a rail journey. 1989 Oxf. Times 7 July 19/6 What we need is a Parkway station with full-length platforms to accommodate InterCity trains and a large car park. 2000 Daily Tel. 11 Aug. 4/7 This extension would include a motorway ‘parkway’ station near Junction 8 on the M40 to allow London-bound drivers to park and switch to the train. < as lemmas |
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