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union stations

union stations is the plural of union station.

Meaning of union station

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.

Questions about union stations

What is union stations the plural of?
Union stations is the plural of union station.

Words near union stations in the dictionary

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

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