säckstation
Swedish
editEtymology
editCompound of säck (“sack; bag”) + station (“station”). First attested in 1899[1]. Cognate with German Sackbahnhof and Norwegian sekkestasjon.
Noun
editsäckstation c
- A terminus, a terminal; a type of train station without any thoroughfare, where the railroad tracks stop (although not necessarily the final stop of the line).
Usage notes
edit- Only used in a concrete sense about the station structure itself. The end of a line is called slutstation or ändstation.
- Depending on strictness; a station with thoroughfare can still be considered a säckstation if the continuing tracks only let the train turn around, or are under construction or maintenance, or if only freight trains pass through.
Declension
editDeclension of säckstation
See also
edit- slutstation (“end of line, endstation”)
- ändstation (“end of line, endstation”)
- säckspår (“track without throughfare”)