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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Really · 80-89, M

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NankerPhelge · 61-69, M

@Really Brilliant song, but how does it answer my question?

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Really · 80-89, M

When I was growing up you could still see one of these standing in the terminus at the end of its run; stand within a foot of it feeling the incredible heat it radiated and breathing the heady mixture of steam, hot oil and sulf(ph)urous smoke that surrounded it.

My nostalgia for those days and those machines is huge, but - 'railway' vs 'railroad' - who cares (apart from yourself)?

NankerPhelge · 61-69, M

@Really My question is not about "railway" versus "railroad", it's about "railway station" versus "train station". Of course, you already know that.