way stations
Rest points between
Way stations are stopping points along a route, originally referring to places where travelers could rest, change horses, or resupply during long journeys.
The term now applies more broadly to any intermediate stop or transitional phase: The halfway house served as a way station between prison and full freedom.
Figuratively, way stations mark stages in a process or progression rather than final destinations.
- depotVehicle storage facility
- rest stopRoadside traveler facility
- rest areaHighway stopping facility
- pit stopBrief maintenance pause
- shelterProtected place or structure
respite · layover · halt · oasis · stopover · livery stable · caravanserai · trading post · checkpoint · Pony Express · sanctuary · caravan route · haven · safe harbor · terminals · Silk Road · refuge · roadside
- ancient mailcouriers, messengers, postal routes, mail delivery, letter carriers
- ancient traveltravelers, Silk Road, pilgrims, trade routes, caravans
- Stagecoachstagecoach, coachmen, coach horses, passengers, driver
- ancient innshostelries, coaching inns, waystations
- caravanscamel caravans, camel caravan, caravan route, caravan routes, caravan leader
- Horse-drawn transportcarriages, wagons, coaches, buggies, carts
way stationsterminus
Final destination point
endpoints · journey's end · end of the line · final stop · last stop
way stationsheadquarters
Central command location
permanent residence · home base · settlements · homesteads · residences
way stationsdestinations
Places one travels to
objectives · end points · purposes · raisons d'être · summits
station, highway, gateway, waterway, stationary, stations, wayfarer, wayside, wayfaring