railway station

Definitions

A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.

British

Equivalents

Examples

“I had occasion […] to make⟳ a somewhat long business trip⟳ to Chicago, and on my return⟳ […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.”

“In conclusion, I would remark⟳ that the great railway stations of London deserve⟳ to be visited every whit as much as St. Paul's Cathedral, the Abbey, or the Tower, and they are as worthy a memento of this century as those buildings are of the days that are gone.”

“We may be pardoned our nostalgia, those of us who can remember⟳ the old days, the days before the grouping and before standardisation, when we see⟳, as today we see⟳ so often, the derelict and abandoned buildings of what were once railway stations, for the life which they used to enjoy⟳ we lived with them. There they stand⟳, today, as the dusk deepens about them, lampless, cold and deserted.”

“Committed infrastructure improvements and delivery of Heathrow's rail vision has the potential to increase⟳ the number⟳ of railway stations directly connected to the airport by a multiple of six, to 36 [not including London Underground stations], while the number⟳ of stations accessible by a single interchange could increase⟳ from 125 today to 697 by 2040.”

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