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#11
5th January 2009, 08:46
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I'm afraid "train station" is referred to more and more on news bulletins etc and it really grates with me. Some of the recent reports about the plane crash at Colwich Junction have even referred to "train lines" and that's upset me too.
It is probably an age thing but it just doesn't sound right to me.
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5th January 2009, 08:47
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We have no bus station in Loughborough, Nottingham has two(was three)
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#13
5th January 2009, 09:23
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If anyone asked me directions to the nearest station I would assume they meant the nearest railway station. I would not ask what type of station they were looking for.
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#14
5th January 2009, 23:25
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I reckon train station v railway station is a bit of an age thing. Those of us long accustomed to or finding pleasure in travelling by train tend to call it a railway station. Those more accustomed to road transport and the bus tend to call it a train station. Train station grates with me and sounds very functional. Railway station has more dignity and suggests something more special. However there is more logic to train station. One goes to a bus station to board a bus, therefore logically one boards a train at a train station - I don't think one boards a railway. However, I shall always prefer railway station and if someone merely asks for directions to the station, they shall be directed by me to the railway station and it will never occur to me that they might want directed to a bus station.
I must go now as wish to listen to some music, which I enjoy on both my wireless and my gramophone! Mike
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#15
10th January 2009, 19:52
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Picked up the latest leaflet for "Plusbus" yesterday - it refers to "Train Station" - Ugh !
 Official publications should know better !
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#16
10th January 2009, 20:06
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Just to confuse things a little more,
We are soon to have the Guided Busway in Cambridgeshire rather than the Railway it has obliterated. Thousands of tons of concrete beams to steer off road buses. Seems to be a retrograde step using 'L' shaped 'Rails' to guide a vehicle, sort of going back to early horse drawn trams. So far I have read of 'Stations', 'Guided Bus Stations' and White Elephants mentioned in the local press. Wonder if I can use my Geriatric Bus Pass (if I bother to get one that is) on this disaster for the rail line. John (G)
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#17
11th January 2009, 23:54
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Quote:
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#18
12th January 2009, 12:37
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But I would have thought no problem with the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway. They are still buses after all..........whatever they may be running on.
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reflector Last edited by reflector; 12th January 2009 at 12:38. Reason: clarifying place
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26th January 2009, 13:35
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I quite like Railway Station over Train Station, in the same way I prefer Railway Line (or just Railway) over Train Track.
I tend to use Station for convenience though! Since I refuse to take buses, everyone knows what I mean by station! Haha!
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