In plain English
This means giving the ticket an official status that counts for travel. The marking shows that it can be accepted for the trip or time span the ticket is meant to cover.
In context
Here, validate tells passengers to have the travel ticket officially marked so it is recognized as valid for the journey or travel period it covers.
- Situation
- Using rail, bus, metro, ride, and local-transit tickets and service updates
- What it communicates
- instructs passengers to put a ticket into valid use.
Meaning limits
By itself, validate does not say who performs the official marking or how it is done.
Examples
“Amira validated her weekly bus pass on the first morning of use.”
“Before the train left, the conductor reminded passengers to validate their tickets.”