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Definition of Railroad station
1. Noun. Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods.
Generic synonyms: Depot, Terminal, Terminus
Specialized synonyms: Flag Stop, Way Station, Whistle Stop
Definition of Railroad station
1. Noun. (context: rail transport US) A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railroad Station
Literary usage of Railroad station
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Whether goods destroyed, lost or damaged while at a railroad station were then
In the possession of the carrier as such, so as to subject It to liability In ..."
2. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut by Sarah Johnson Prichard (1896)
"... AND CONNECTICUT RIVER railroad station, 1890. Dublin street station and Meriden.
The extension of the new railroad across the city to the New York and ..."
3. Annual Report of the Attorney-general of the United States by United States Dept. of Justice, United States Attorney-General (1892)
"Street-ear fare to railroad station and fare to Alexandria Self and baggage from
... Street-car fares to and from railroad station and fare, Breakfast, ..."
4. The Engineering Index by John Butler Johnson, Henry Harrison Suplee, Johannes H. Cuntz, Charles Buxton Going (1896)
"railroad station. Erection of the Rending Railroad Terminal Station Roof. ...
railroad station. The New Illinois Central Station at Twelfth Street, Chicago. ..."
5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Harper 132:222-9 Ja '16 railroad station; poem. New Repub 9:50 N 11 World 25:586-92
Jl '16 Plattsburg camps to-day and to-morrow. ..."
6. The Engineering Index by John Butler Johnson, Association of Engineering Societies, Henry Harrison Suplee, Johannes H. Cuntz, Charles Buxton Going (1896)
"railroad station. Erection of the Rending Railroad Terminal Station Roof. ...
railroad station. New Terminal Station for the New York and Brooklyn Bridge. ..."
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