ter ‧ mi ‧ nus /ˈtɜːmənəs, ˈtɜːmɪnəs $ ˈtɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural termini /-naɪ/) [countable]
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ term 1 ]
the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line
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THESAURUS
▪ station a place where trains or buses regularly stop:
The town has its own railway station.
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Paddington Station in west London
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the bus station
▪ terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line:
We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus.
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the railway terminus in central Calcutta
▪ track [usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from:
The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.
▪ platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from:
Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.
▪ ticket office ( also booking office British English ) the place at a station where tickets are sold:
You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.
▪ departures board British English ( also departure board American English ) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave:
The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.