Train station

Peter A. McGraw pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU
Thu Feb 8 19:17:46 UTC 2001


I don't think "station stop" would be redundant to a railroad employee,
both for the reason Stephen gives and because trains often make stops
nowhere near a station.

Peter Mc.

--On Wed, Feb 7, 2001 10:08 PM +0000 Lynne Murphy <lynnem at COGS.SUSX.AC.UK>
wrote:

> --On Wednesday, February 7, 2001 5:00 pm -0500 "Boatti, Stephen"
> <SBoatti at TVRATINGS.COM> wrote:
>> In fact, Amtrak Metroliner conductors have used "the next station stop"
>> to announce stops since inception of the service. I finally realized they
>> were distinguishing between the "station" (building or location) and the
>> "stop" being made there. Probably simpler just to say "the next stop",
>> however.
>
> "Next station stop" is not particular to Amtrak--it's used in England as
> well.
>
> Lynne
>
>
> M Lynne Murphy
> Lecturer in Linguistics
> School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
> University of Sussex
> Brighton BN1 9QH
> UK
>
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