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union station

union station noun: a railroad station shared by more than one railroad company, usually to spread the costs and ease the logistics of serving a particular town by rail.

Noun

union station (plural union stations)

  1. (Canada, US) A railroad station shared by more than one railroad company, usually to spread the costs and ease the logistics of serving a particular town by rail.
    • The Burlington had built a union station at the junction, but the Union Pacific refused to stop its trains there until it received an interest in the townsite.1978 May, Alice Howell, “Railroads in Buffalo County”, in Buffalo Tales [a newsletter of the Buffalo County Historical Society, Buffalo County, Nebraska], volume 1, number 5, archived from the...
  2. (When capitalized as a proper noun, "Union Station") An instance of such a station, as for example Union Station in Toronto or Union Station in Los Angeles.

Forms of union station

pluralunion stations

Questions about union station

What does union station mean?
Union station means a railroad station shared by more than one railroad company, usually to spread the costs and ease the logistics of serving a particular town by rail.
What part of speech is union station?
Union station is a noun.
What is the plural of union station?
The plural of union station is union stations.

Words near union station in the dictionary

  1. Union Road
  2. union shop
  3. union shops
  4. Union Springs
  5. Union Square
  6. union station
  7. union stations
  8. union suit
  9. union suits
  10. union tee
  11. union tees

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