noun
Refers to a designated stopping place for buses, streetcars, or similar vehicles. More formal than バス停 or 電停.
次の停留場で降ります。
I'll get off at the next stop.
この路線には停留場が五つある。
There are five stops on this line.
Abbreviation of 電車停留場, specifically a streetcar/tram stop. 停留場 is the full, formal term.
Compound of 停留 (stop, halt) and 場 (place). A straightforward Sino-Japanese formation.