gateline

English

Etymology

gate +‎ line

Noun

gateline (plural gatelines)

  1. A row of turnstiles allowing railway 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.

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