In plain English
Sometimes a public transport trip ends partway along its normal path and heads back in the opposite direction. That status is called a short turn. It means the vehicle does not reach its scheduled last stop or complete the whole route.
In context
Here, "short turn" reports that the bus or train will reverse before its usual last stop, so this trip will not continue to the end of the route.
- Situation
- Using rail, bus, metro, ride, and local-transit tickets and service updates
- What it communicates
- reports that the vehicle will reverse before the normal terminus.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not say where the vehicle will turn back or why it will do so.
Examples
“The evening bus ran as a short turn, going back from Maple Avenue instead of continuing to the terminal.”
“Skip this short turn; it goes back after South Park.”