platform

platform
plat‧form S3 W3 /ˈplætfɔːm $ -fɔːrm/ noun [countable]1.  TRAIN especially British English the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station:
    The Edinburgh train will depart from platform six.
2.  FOR SPEECHES a stage for people to stand on when they are making a speech, performing etc:
    a small raised platform at one end of the room
3.  POLITICS
  a. [usually singular] the main ideas and aims of a political party, especially the ones that they state just before an election ⇨ plank:
    a strong women’s rights platform
    the Labour party platform
  b. a chance for someone to express their opinions, especially their political opinions
    platform for
    The conference provides a platform for people on the left wing of the party.
4.  STRUCTURE a tall structure built so that people can stand or work above the surrounding area:
    an oil exploration platform
5.  COMPUTERS the type of computer system or software that someone uses:
    the UNIX platform
    a multimedia platform
6.  EXPRESS IDEAS an opportunity to express your ideas to a large number of people
    platform for
    We mustn’t give these groups a platform for their propaganda.
7.  BUS British English the open part at the back of some double-decker buses, where passengers get on and off
8.  SHOES platforms (also platform shoes) [plural] shoes that have a thick layer of wood, leather etc under the front part and the heel
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ station a place where trains or buses regularly stop: The town has its own railway station. | Paddington Station in west London | the bus station
   ▪ terminus the station or stop at the end of a railway or bus line: We’ve arranged to meet her at the Victoria bus terminus. | the railway terminus in central Calcutta
   ▪ track [usually plural] the metal lines along which trains travel. This is sometimes used in American English to say which part of a station a train will leave from: The passenger train, traveling at 120 mph, careered off the tracks.
   ▪ platform the raised place beside a railway track where you get on and off a train in a station – used especially to say which part of a station a train will leave from: Trains for Oxford leave from Platform 2.
   ▪ ticket office (also booking office British English) the place at a station where tickets are sold: You can buy rail tickets online or at the ticket office.
   ▪ departures board British English (also departure board American English) a board saying when and from which part of a station each train will leave: The departures board said that the train was ten minutes late.