終着駅

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 終着駅 is read as しゅうちゃくえき and means the terminal station or last stop on a route.
• Basic usage: It can be the station a train reaches while someone sleeps or the stop where passengers leave for the ticket gates.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A train reaching its final station
  • 終着駅 is the last station at which the train's run ends. Example: 眠っているうちに列車は終着駅へ着いた。
• Passengers getting off
  • 終着駅 is the stop where passengers leave the train at the end of the route. Example: 終着駅で降りた乗客が改札へ向かった。