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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MaBalzEsHari · M

Actually "railway station" is a European term........vs, "railroad"or just "train station" in U.S, vernacular. "Rail (road) station" and then "train station" started in the mining era in U.S. history in the late 1700's and then gained common usage in the 1800's as the rail extended westward in the U.S.........and it just stuck. So it didn't just start............it's been around since the late 1700's in America. Just sayin'........