waiting shelter

English

A waiting shelter at Canonbury station in London.

Noun

waiting shelter (plural waiting shelters)

1. A small roofed structure where intending passengers can wait for a train or bus to arrive.
   • 2019 December 4, Paul Stephen, “At the heart of the community”, in Rail, page 58:

     The remainder of the station had undergone a sympathetic restoration completed by NR in 2014 as part of the station's 150th anniversary celebrations, while the waiting shelter on Platform 2 will shortly be reroofed.

Related terms

• bus shelter