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railroad station

railroad station

5 1.5
A place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people and goods
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪlˌrɔrd ˈsteɪʃən/
  • US
translation icon : estación de tren
  • Without a doubt, the building was the first central railroad station in the country.

Examples

  • At dawn four days later, we returned to the railroad station.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • As they rode to the railroad station, the sun was just coming up over the ocean.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I have to get to the railroad station

    The Big Brawl (1980)

  • I met him a couple of months ago in a railroad station.

    Operation Crossbow (1965)

  • We got up early the next morning, and I called the railroad station.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The second stop is at the main railroad station.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Would Joel drop him off at the railroad station on his way to work in the morning?

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I am standing at the ticket window in Helsinki railroad station.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The setting is the railroad station in Beirut in 1899.

    Academic text (1999)

  • We agreed to meet early on Sunday morning at the railroad station.

Synonyms

station
vsrailroad station
∞ 2.0

A building with staff and equipment for a public service, like where trains stop or firefighters work

is the kind used when trains stop to handle passengers or goods
train station
vsrailroad station
  • US
69 1.0

A place where trains stop for people and goods to get on and off

is focused on trains stopping to pick up or drop off people or goods
depot
vsrailroad station
56 4.4

A place where buses and trains stop for people and goods to get on and off

is limited to stops for trains rather than many vehicle types
railway station
vsrailroad station
  • UK
7 1.3

A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off people and goods

is the same meaning but uses a different regional term
train depot
vsrailroad station
  • US
3 3.1

A place where trains stop to load people or goods

is mainly about trains stopping to pick up or drop off people or goods

How Big

railroad station
  • US
5 1.5

Surface Forms

railroad station singular
railroad stations plural

Morphology

railroad + station

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'railroad' (tracks/network for trains) + 'station' (a building/place for transport services) yields a place where trains stop to pick up or drop off people or goods. This noun+noun compound follows a common cross-linguistic compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.

Etymology

Railroad station comes from a simple picture: a railroad (the tracks and trains) and a station (a place where vehicles stop) put together to name the building where trains stop. So, it means 'a place where trains stop to pick up or drop off passengers or goods'.