"union station" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1978 May, Alice Howell, “Railroads in Buffalo County”, in Buffalo Tales [a newsletter of the Buffalo County Historical Society, Buffalo County, Nebraska], volume 1, number 5, archived from the original on 2016-06-24",
          "text": "The Burlington had built a union station at the junction, but the Union Pacific refused to stop its trains there until it received an interest in the townsite.",
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        "A railroad station shared by more than one railroad company, usually to spread the costs and ease the logistics of serving a particular town by rail."
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        "(rail transport, US, Canada) A railroad station shared by more than one railroad company, usually to spread the costs and ease the logistics of serving a particular town by rail."
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        "An instance of such a station, as for example Union Station in Toronto or Union Station in Los Angeles."
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        "(When capitalized as a proper noun, \"Union Station\") An instance of such a station, as for example Union Station in Toronto or Union Station in Los Angeles."
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "word": "union cemetery"
        },
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          "word": "union church"
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    "union station"
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  "word": "union station"
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      "word": "union cemetery"
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