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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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Never heard anyone say "railway station" in my life.

NankerPhelge · 61-69, M

@ChipmunkErnie At your age? That is most unusual.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@NankerPhelge Not at all, we say "train station" around here, have for at least 70 years.

NankerPhelge · 61-69, M

@ChipmunkErnie So why did Simon and Garfunkel call it a railway station in their 1966 hit song "Homeward Bound"?

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@NankerPhelge Sheer arrogance? Too many English Lit classes? Unrelieved pretentiousness?

NankerPhelge · 61-69, M

@ChipmunkErnie Nonsense.