alighting point; drop-off point; disembarkation area
Refers to a designated place for getting off a vehicle, such as a bus stop, taxi drop-off, ski lift exit, or ferry disembarkation area.
The bus drop-off point is in front of the station.
スキーリフトの降り場で転ばないように気をつけてください。
Please be careful not to fall at the ski lift exit.
乗り場 is where passengers board a vehicle, while 降り場 is where they get off.
Standard kanji spelling using 降りる (to get off).
Alternate kanji spelling using 下りる (to descend). Less common but seen in some contexts.
Compound of 降り (ori, continuative form of 降りる 'to get off') + 場 (ba, 'place').