union station
noun1
Rail transport, Railways, Transport 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 original on 24 Jun 2016:
2
An instance of such a station, as for example Union Station in Toronto or Union Station in Los Angeles.
When capitalized as a proper noun; "Union Station"; When capitalized as a proper noun; "Union Station"
- Related terms
- union cemetery, union church