off-peak hours
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoff-peakandhour
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off-peak
adjective
uk/ˌɒfˈpiːk/us/ˌɑːfˈpiːk/
not at the most popular and ...
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hour
noun
uk/aʊər/us/aʊr/
a period of ...
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(Definition ofoff-peakandhourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have cutoff-peakhourbus services to the very bone.
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There is the possibility of having conductors on the trains instead of have people manning the stations at off-peak hours.
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During off-peak hours they will fill empty places in buses.
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Here we have this increasing overloading of facilities in the peak hours and a fall in traffic during the off-peak hours, with the result that.
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We have to think seriously about what we can do to enable our older citizens to travel at off-peak hours entirely free.
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But it made £40 million or £50 million a year from tourist revenue, using facilities which were already there for the residents, particularly in the off-peak hours.
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We have no plans to introduce a statutory requirement for pensioners to be able to travel free on public transport during off-peak hours.
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Elderly retired people in all parts of the country should be able to receive some assistance, during off-peak hours with their travelling.
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Those who wish to use the network at weekends and in off-peak hours are deterred from doing so because of penal fares.
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With a commercial station the broadcasting of local items would be at off-peak hours, when the advertiser did not want to advertise.
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The end result will be "to hold fares, and hopefully to reduce fares steadily in off-peak hours".
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The delegate conference were unanimously against carrying standing passengers at off-peak hours.
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That may be sufficient in off-peak hours, but it would not provide adequate capacity in the peak periods.
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To do something of this sort and to set free thermal storage equipment would enable some domestic space heating to go on to off-peak hours.
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That survey was taken before the deregulation of bus services, which will have a fundamental effect on whether transport is available during off-peak hours.
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There is a great deal of evidence that it is good business to give old people cheap fares in off-peak hours.
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At peak hours there are immense numbers of travellers on these trains, and at off-peak hours the trains continue with very few travellers indeed.
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We have had beef vouchers, butter vouchers, and reduced rates for pensioners on public transport during off-peak hours.
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This has compensated for the loss of rail traffic at off-peak hours.
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I have received very few representations about bus services in rural areas and in off-peak hours.
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