What started this ridiculous craze for saying "train station" instead of "railway station"?

The expression "train station" is so infantile that I didn't even use it in 1966 (the year I started primary school), yet it is even being used by railwaymen this year. Why do you think that is?

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TheThinker · 56-60, M

I quite agree with you, but it doesn't help when the railway themselves do this:

NankerPhelge · 61-69, M

@TheThinker I haven't been to Potters Bar myself and the last time I saw it in the news was when there was a railway accident there about 20 years ago. Even then, I don't remember seeing a picture of it in the paper with that silly "Train Station" on it.

TheThinker · 56-60, M

@NankerPhelge I first visited the town in late 2015 and it was like that then. No idea when that sign was put up.

Note that the Google Maps tag has it correctly as "Railway"!

Yes, there's a small memorial garden for the victims of the crash just off to the left of the original picture. Here it is:

NankerPhelge · 61-69, M

@TheThinker This post has been the first I've seen about Potters Bar since the 2002 accident.