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Definition of Railway 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 Railway station
1. Noun. (context: rail transport British) A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railway Station
Literary usage of Railway station
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1885)
"Thomas, Killed, at Walsall railway station, 17 о 9 е James Ernest Warren, ...
railway station, 8 о 8 с at Hull, «-/Be between Kiata and Corinth, Greece, ..."
2. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"115), although the plying for hire was within the railway station ; that the ...
the railway station was such a public place within the meaning of the Act. ..."
3. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1903)
"272), to the S. of the railway-station, contains the tomba of ... The train passes
from the main railway-station to (2 M.) the ..."
4. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1884)
"(railway-station, see p. 293). The traveller desirous of proceeding to the
Hohen-Königsburg (p. 296) towards the 8. will find good quarters for the night at ..."
5. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-duchy of Luxembourg: Including the by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"railway station». 1. Central Station (Pl. D, 2; -Restaurant), for all trains,
including those of the Rhenish Railway ; 2. ..."