My dad worked on the railway for more than 40 years and he never called it a train station, nor did he know anyone who did. It was always a railway station. Why is it so common these days to call it a train station?
It's just another nuance of the English language that you find so annoying I guess. In the US, we always call it a train station. It's a station where trains stop .. so why not call it a train station. We also call it the "railroad" .. seldom "railway".
Sharonna, I was born and raised in the USA have never been outside of the states. Born in Illinois a small town that was started because of the railroad. Still never heard anyone say railway station. Just train station and train depot as I said before. We had a bar that was in what used to be a train depot and so they named it "The Depot". It may still be there...I don't know.
Sitting in a railway station sounds better lyrically.
Train station is the American way of saying it. It's just a different way from what you're used to .. that simple. Not better or worse .. right or wrong.
No a train depot is where the train stops to get loaded or unloaded with either goods or passengers.
Now that may not be how you use it is Europe. But I can tell you it is an appropiate meaning here in the USA. I grew up in a railroad town. These terms are 2nd nature.
The Pretenders
I saw it once on TV years ago. It wasn't bad, but I never bought it on video or DVD.
If "Train station is the American way of saying it", why does "Sitting in a railway station sound better lyrically" when it was written by an American singer? That sounds a bit contradictory, doesn't it? Lol:)
I can't imagine what my dad would say if he was still alive today and you said that to him. The mind boggles.
The word "terminus" is used in the UK as well, Harry. As its name implies, it is a station where all trains must stop because they cannot go any further. Like this one:
I've heard it called a railroad before, that doesn't really bother me because I heard it in movies and songs donkey's years ago. In those days, it wasn't always called a train station in the US, because (as I posted elsewhere on here) Simon and Garfunkel called it a railway station in their hit song. Were they the only Americans to call it a railway station?
Andy, you have already decided the answer to this .. so I'll let you have it your way if it matters so much. Over thinking things is just an exercise in futility.
