"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
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Is it not closer to saying 'railway station' to distinguish from a
bus station, police station or electricity substation? 'Socket' has
more than one meaning.

But "meet me at the railway station" is required so you don't wait for
me at the bus station. However "plug the hoover into the socket"
suffices. Most people would not attempt to insert the plug into their
eye socket. Also you wouldn't say "the train is stopping at the
railway station", just "the station". You only need the extra word
when there's ambiguity.


Train Station surely.
We don't call a bus station a roadway station!

Train stations used to be called just "stations", before the advent of US TV
series that everyone copied. There are not enough bus stations in the UK to
cause confusion. Similar effect on common parlance as Australian TV series
that made every sentence sound like a question.
--
Dave W