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Meaning of gateline | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˈɡeɪtlaɪn/

Definitions

A row of turnstiles allowing passengers to enter or exit on inserting a ticket.

Examples

“1993, Great Britain. Dept. of Transport, Railway safety […] for example, ticket office staff can now perform platform and gateline duties and vice versa.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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