train station
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1.0
- noun
- /treɪn ˈsteɪʃən/
- US
:
estación de tren
- There were no other people at the train station, and he was glad for that.
- a train station
- bus and train stations
- new train station
But now the train stations we build now, are they the same as that?
- But now the train stations we build now, are they the same as that?
- And I hate when I'm that woman at the train station scrambling, like, where's my keys?
- Oh, you take this train and Roma Termini train station and this and that.
- Calatrava was I chosen to do the train station and that's where it stands at the moment.
- Yale students met his coffin at the train station.
- And everyone looked around the train station.
- The operator gets left at the train station, but the identity is gone.
Examples
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Across the street were railroad tracks, a train station, and beyond that, the public library.
Fiction book (1992) -
So it's the old train station.
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So you wanted every train station in France, Germany and the UK.
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Now we are in route to the train station to go to the airport.
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What you did the other day at the train station was amazing.
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I still remember the train station in Hong Kong.
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Can you give me a lift to the nearest town, anywhere with a train station?
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In our sixth year of friendship, we met at the train station and walked together down a New York street.
Academic text (2007) -
It's time to go to the train station so that we don't miss our train.
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It's time to go to the train station so that we don't miss our train.
Synonyms
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2.0
A building with staff and equipment for a public service, like where trains stop or firefighters work
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3.5
A building where passengers begin or end a journey, for example at an airport
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1.3
A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off people and goods
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1.5
A place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people and goods
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3.9
A small stop on a route where people pause before continuing
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3.1
A place where trains stop to load people or goods
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3.4
A station at the end of a train line where trains load or unload people and goods
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a place where trains stop...' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'train' (series of carriages) with 'station' (a building for transport services). This noun–noun compound follows a common and regular compositional pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The name train station comes from a simple picture: a train stops at a station. People wait there to 'get on' or 'get off', so it means the place where passengers or goods are loaded or unloaded.