Railway or train ?

TheOtherHalf | 11:07 Sat 19th Feb 2011 | ChatterBank

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This may sound a daft question but do all you Abers say railway station or train station ??
On our local radio, they are always mentioning about the local train station and It may be just me but I think it sounds a bit babyish to say `train station`, perhaps because Im thinking of chu chu train.

I have always said ` railway station` as everyone knows that there are trains there, dont they ?

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NazNomad

Just "The Station" here, we don't have a lot of alternatives, everyone knows what you mean, lol

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jack daniels

I've never really thought about it - until now!
If it's the network being talked about, then I say railway but otherwise it's train station

Anna x

TheOtherHalf

Question Author

yes but if you just said The station, we also have a bus station and a coach station plus a pub called The Station

NazNomad

Not in my town. :-)

NazNomad

'The Station'

'Bus Terminal'

'Taxi rank'

starone

If you say "Parkway" or "Temple Meads" in Bristol they know exactly what you mean.

Answerprancer

I say "railway station" as there often *aren't* trains there, much like the way SWT call us "customers" as opposed to passengers, because a lot of the time we're *not* passengers ;-)

carrot99

very good answerprancer and so true

JonnyBoy12

I always say train station, as it is easier to say, and most people here do the same.

Lore

I mostly use the name of the station followed by 'station'

stewey

To further complicate things, I say 'railroad station'.

janzman

Stewey ..or maybe even railroad depot

sogross44

train station.

themayor

Correct me if I am incorrect but trains run on railroad tracks not train tracks, the correct saying should be "railway station". A train is just the engine and carriages, not the infrastructure that they run on or operate through.
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