subway platform

collocation in English

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subway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/us
/ˈsʌb.weɪ/
mainly US
a railway system in which electric trains travel through tunnels ...
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platform
noun
uk
/ˈplæt.fɔːm/us
/ˈplæt.fɔːrm/
a flat raised area ...
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(Definition ofsubwayandplatformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The trolley mezzanine is at the same level as the subway platforms above the tunnel ceiling, but is not visible.
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The entrance, collector, and bus platform are at street level, the concourse is on the second level, and the subway platforms are on the lower level.
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The entrance, collector's booth, turnstiles and bus bays are at street level, the concourse is on the second level, and the subway platforms are on the lower level.
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During the 1990s, newsstands on some subway platforms were removed and then reopened in modular units designed to fit into the triangular spaces beneath subway staircases.
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The video continues to show the pair spending time together, including dining in restaurants, riding the subway, and dancing on thesubwayplatform.
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A second elevator provides a connection between the mezzanine and the westboundsubwayplatform.
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The next stage of the renovation was to build a stairway from the bus/streetcar platform to the eastboundsubwayplatform.
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While the station was closed, the five stairways to thesubwayplatformbecame garbage-strewn, and the station fell into disrepair.
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The work consists of three interactive instruments that are played using handles located on both the inbound and outboundsubwayplatformwalls.
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Passenger can move fromsubwayplatformto passenger train platform without stairs and vice versa.
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Fossil casts seem to emerge from the tiles as though thesubwayplatformitself were an excavation, which indeed it is.
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Natural light reaches all areas of the station including thesubwayplatform.
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When a handle on the wall of thesubwayplatformis pulled, teak-headed hammers swing back and forth between the bells, striking them and creating the musical notes.
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This enabled transfer between the elevated and subway platforms without leaving the paid area, and so the stations were combined into a single facility.
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Smoking is prohibited on public transport and subway platforms, while above ground train station platforms typically have smoking areas.
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Other measures include reducing access to charcoal and barriers on bridges and subway platforms.
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Two elevators were installed to take passengers from mezzanine level to the subway platforms.
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Screen doors have been added to the subway platforms.
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The station was built with its turnstiles and collector booths on the mezzanine level between the bus and streetcar terminal and the subway platforms.
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