In plain English
Some trips do not serve every place along the line. Instead, the vehicle calls only at chosen points and goes past the rest. This describes a planned stopping pattern on a route.
In context
Here, "skip-stop" labels a service pattern in which a train or bus stops only at selected stations or stops and passes the others without stopping.
- Situation
- Using rail, bus, metro, ride, and local-transit tickets and service updates
- What it communicates
- labels a service pattern that omits some usual stops.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not say which specific stations or stops are served or skipped on a particular trip.
Examples
“The morning train runs as a skip-stop, stopping at Central and Harbor but passing the smaller stations.”
“Because the next bus was a skip-stop, Rosa walked to the nearest served stop.”