staggered

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of stagger
   The drunk staggered to the end of the bar before he collapsed.

adj

1. Astonished, taken aback.
2. Arranged in a way that is not uniform.
   The U.S. Senate holds staggered elections, with only one third of the seats being filled every two years.
3. Of platforms at a railway station, not directly opposite each other.
   The line now veers slightly south through a wooded cutting before arriving at the staggered platforms of Stocksmoor station (6½ miles) and a further ¾-mile stretch of level track leads to Shepley & Shelley (7¼ miles). 1959 May, Yorkshireman, “The Huddersfield-Penistone line and its branches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 253