Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[muzzer]

“Tweeted out”. S/he ‘tweeted out that......’ Superfluous ‘out’ added apparently to draw attention to the tweet, when a tweet necessarily is emitted into the ether. Where else could it go? Also ironic given that twitter largely seems to exist to draw attention to the tweeter. In general I find myself currently more intolerant than usual of those attempting to draw attention to things which are patently irrelevant. But the weather forecast for next week is much better ;)

[muzzer]

It’s like when we changed from being passengers to customers and trains started arriving ‘into’ stations.

Yes! Superfluous ‘into’, as if adding it emphasises the success of the arrival. Where else at the station was the train to be - onto, underneath, beside? And where does this tendency come from?

[Bryn]

Yes! Superfluous ‘into’, as if adding it emphasises the success of the arrival. Where else at the station was the train to be - onto, underneath, beside? And where does this tendency come from?

When you refer to "station", I presume you mean "station stop".

[teamsaint]

Yes! Superfluous ‘into’, as if adding it emphasises the success of the arrival. Where else at the station was the train to be - onto, underneath, beside? And where does this tendency come from?

It does feel a bit odd, but checking the definition, it seems ok.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/into

I suppose it might mark a difference between arriving “at”, eg by bus outside the station, and “into” as the definition suggests. Not that a train ought to arrive anywhere other than “ into”, obviously.

[Rolmill]

When you refer to "station", I presume you mean "station stop".

Yes, this phrase always irritates me - but I presume this is to distinguish it from all the other (unscheduled) stops to which trains are prone nowadays.

[LMcD]

When you refer to "station", I presume you mean "station stop".

I'm not sure, but I think that London termini and other places where rail journeys terminate are 'final station stops' - which sounds rather ominous.

[Pulcinella]

Yes, this phrase always irritates me - but I presume this is to distinguish it from all the other (unscheduled) stops to which trains are prone nowadays.

I hadn't thought of its use in those terms before.

[LezLee]

I'm not sure, but I think that London termini and other places where rail journeys terminate are 'final station stops' - which sounds rather ominous.

“We will shortly be arriving into X station stop where this train will terminate”

[cloughie]

And while we're at it, what was wrong with railway station that it had to be changed to train station? I think that change has crept up on us.

Yes I agree S_A, the change of name was unnecessary and probably as with many unnecessary changes influenced by the USA.

[Pulcinella]

“We will shortly be arriving into X station stop where this train will terminate”

Especially annoying if you had been hoping to travel further, into station stop Y, for example.

[Historian]

And while we're at it, what was wrong with railway station that it had to be changed to train station? I think that change has crept up on us.

It's everywhere, including the BBC, perhaps from the US usage (although I don't think they have so many stations left now)? As you say, it crept up on me. Perhaps 'railway station' will be officially declared obsolete in the dictionaries soon.

EDIT: Had not seen cloughie's earlier post making the same point. Apologies for the duplication.

[cloughie]

It's everywhere, including the BBC, perhaps from the US usage (although I don't think they have so many stations left now)? As you say, it crept up on me. Perhaps 'railway station' will be officially declared obsolete in the dictionaries soon.

EDIT: Had not seen cloughie's earlier post making the same point. Apologies for the duplication.

But will remain immortalised in song thanks to the Temperance Seven.

[Pulcinella]

It's everywhere, including the BBC, perhaps from the US usage (although I don't think they have so many stations left now)? As you say, it crept up on me. Perhaps 'railway station' will be officially declared obsolete in the dictionaries soon.

EDIT: Had not seen cloughie's earlier post making the same point. Apologies for the duplication.

Would Americans not have had railroad stations?

Can't say that train station bothers me.
The trains run on the railway tracks, but the stations are where the trains stop (or arrive into).
Buses (or omnibuses if you prefer) run on the roads, but we don't have road stations for them, just bus or coach stations.

[teamsaint]

Would Americans not have had railroad stations?

Can't say that train station bothers me.
The trains run on the railway tracks, but the stations are where the trains stop (or arrive into).
Buses (or omnibuses if you prefer) run on the roads, but we don't have road stations for them, just bus or coach stations.

Used to.......

At least Preston survived .

[Pulcinella]

Used to.......

At least Preston survived .

Indeed: complete with all those lurking diesel fumes.

Leeds has a decent one.
I guess lots are now interchanges, another innovation.