flag station

a railroad station where trains stop only when a flag or other signal is displayed or when passengers are to be discharged.

Also called flag stop.

Origin of flag station

An Americanism dating back to 1845–50

It was called a flag-station, and it consisted of a shanty dumped inconsequentially into the sand and sagebrush.

The Road |Jack London
A flag-station on the railway brings the links within easy walking distance.

The Sunny Side of Ireland |John O'Mahony and R. Lloyd Praeger
The city was twenty miles inland from the little flag-station, and the flag-station was ten miles away from Jemmy Three.

Judith Lynn |Annie Hamilton Donnell
"It's a flag-station not far from Buffalo," announced48 Roger.

Dave Porter at Star Ranch |Edward Stratemeyer

I often thought that if I could choose my own station in life, my choice would be a flag-station on the railroad.

Phaeton Rogers |Rossiter Johnson