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On Tue, 19 May 2015 15:11:00 +0100, Ian Jackson
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When I were a lad, no one would have dreamt of using 'train station'
(although you would occasionally see a some signs saying 'To The
'Trains'). It seems as if I woke up one morning, and found that everyone
was using it. I suppose it's an American import - but even so, 'railway
station' is not totally unknown over there.

One American who used it in a well known song was Paul Simon of the
duo Simon and Garfunkel who wrote the Song" Homeward Bound" in which
it appears, allegedly he came up with it while waiting for a train on
Widnes Railway station during the period he worked in the UK during a
depressed moment. I suppose being in Widnes in the early 60's could
have that effect. Whatever they also used Railway Station in the Song
the "The Boxer" on the Bridge over Troubled Waters Album which was
written later when in the US.

We have probably gone past the point of no return for the use of Train
Station on this side of the pond. In one part of the British Isles
the Railway themselves now uses it.

http://www.designid.co.uk/index.php/...train-station/

I think 'train station' is a corrrect terminology, that is, it's a station
where trains are accessed, like a police station is where the police can be
contacted. 'Railway' is irrelevant because you can't access a railway
without a train