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Originally Posted by Craig Sawyers
Railway station actually makes no sense because the rails of the railway are fixed and for ever stationary
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I don't have a problem with that. In 'railway station', the word 'railway' is being used as an adjective to qualify the noun 'station'. The 'station' is, of course, immovable. 'Railway' arises since it refers to a 'way' (as in 'route') of travelling between two (or more) places using 'rails'.
Al.