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columbus | 18:46 Mon 21st Jul 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Just curious really, is there any difference between a train station and a railway station? Or is it just someone being pedantic? Please can anyone help? Thanks in anticipation.
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I would have said railway station is the american version of the UK train station.
No difference whatsoever in my book.
I have lived in GB all my life and have always referred to them as railway stations, as have most of my contemporaries. Train station is a new term, only seems to have been in use for the last 10 or so years. All the Americans I know refer to railroad stations or railroad depots.
Train is easier and shorter to spell than railway......
Go by bus terambulan - shorter still. :)
I never say "railway", only train. Any other Americans? I would imagine it is a regional term here too.
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This all came about when someone complained about an item on the local News programme. They objected to the reporter referring to Lincolns "Train Station" stating that Lincoln has a railway station. Interesting to see some of you feel "railway" is an Americanism. Thanks to all of you for your opinions
All my life I have used the term railway station. The term train station grates on my ears and I regard it as a foreign expression, probably American.
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