Travel / B1

BUSST-op/ˈbʌs stɒp/

A bus stop (id: bus-stop) is a place at the side of the road where buses stop for passengers. A station is for trains or a major bus interchange; a lay-by is for cars to pull off. Gates: wait at the bus stop, not on the zigzag lines.

Meaning

A place at the side of the road where buses stop for passengers.

Examples

• “Wait at the bus stop, not on the zigzag lines outside the gates.”
• “A bus-stop closure for roadworks still needs the rail-replacement note, not a rumour in the year group chat.”

Good to know

a bus stop; at the bus stop. Contrast: a station / a lay-by. School run / Highway Code. Countable stops. Mix-up: a bus is the vehicle.

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