RAILWAY STATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does railway station mean? 

• RAILWAY STATION (noun)
  The noun RAILWAY STATION has 1 sense:

1. terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods

  Familiarity information: RAILWAY STATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAILWAY STATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

railroad station; railroad terminal; railway station; train depot; train station

Hypernyms ("railway station" is a kind of...):

depot; terminal; terminus (station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "railway station"):

flag stop; way station; whistle stop (a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal)

 Context examples 

They pulled up soon at the railway station.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We have had inquiries made as to any stranger seen on the country roads or at the railway station.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My dearest Lucy,—I know you will be anxious to hear all that has happened since we parted at the railway station at Whitby.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)