| 单词 | staff ticket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff ticket staff ticket n. Railways (now chiefly historical) a ticket issued to a driver on a single-track railway line, authorizing the train to travel along the line without carrying the train staff (see sense 7m and staff and ticket at Phrases 2c for further details). ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > system for use of single track > token or staff train ticket1841 train staff1853 staff1885 staff ticket1885 tablet1885 token1936 1858 H. P. Bruyeres Let. Sept. in Rep. Proc. Dept. Railways 1858 (1859) 35/1 in Parl. Papers XXVII. 637 The train staff tickets are to be kept in a box fastened by an inside spring.] 1873 Argus (Melbourne) 18 Dec. 5/2 The following are the staff stations at which the staff or staff ticket must be received before a train can start, or be delivered up on arrival. 1885 E. B. Ivatts Railway Managem. at Stations 559 Two or three trains may be passed forward by ‘staff ticket’ in this way, but ultimately either a train, an engine, or a messenger must convey the staff to enable trains being sent in the opposite direction. 2010 A. Vaughan Faringdon Branch & Uffington Station (rev. ed.) v. 55 The Staff Tickets on the Faringdon branch were pieces of buff-coloured card..and carried the words, ‘To the driver of —— train. You are authorised to proceed to Faringdon..and the Train Staff will follow’. < as lemmas |
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