Definition of Railway station

1. Noun. Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods.


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

railroads
rails
railside
railway
railway car
railway carriage
railway carriages
railway gun
railway guns
railway junction
railway line
railway lines
railway locomotive
railway man
railway sleeper
railway station (current term)
railway stations
railway system
railway tie
railway time
railway track
railway train
railway vehicle
railway vehicles
railway yard
railwayana
railwayless
railwaylike
railwayman
railwaymen

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. ..."

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