union station

English

Noun

union station (plural union stations)

1. (rail transport, US, Canada) 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.
   • 1978 May, Alice Howell, “Railroads in Buffalo County”, in Buffalo Tales [a newsletter of the Buffalo County Historical Society, Buffalo County, Nebraska]‎^[1], volume 1, number 5, archived from the original on 24 June 2016:

     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.

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.

See also

• union cemetery
• union church