Thanks for all the replies above! I learned much about the terms refering to the place we can get on a train.

Here are some off the top of my head. same word different meanings biscuits - human eat this in the UK, dogs eat them in the US rubbers - things you use to remove writing on paper in the UK. In the US you use them on the male organ to stick into some hole! trolley - things that you push around in UK supermarkets, or during tea time. In the US, they are outmoded vehicles that go clang clang on the San Francisco streets. gas - is a gaseous substance use for UK cooking while it is liquid to put in your US car to move. a hottie - a gorgeous person you want to bed in the US. In the UK, it is the hot water bottle you bed with. fanny pack - a small pouch that straps around a US tourist while in the UK you get slapped on the face when you give unflattering terms to it - women's tush. Same thing different words. accelerators - is what you use your leg to make the car go faster in the UK while in the US it is the gas pedal. US UK hood bonnet (of the car's front) gas pedal accelerator long distance call trunk call elevator lift apartment flat people mover travellator candy sweet biscuit cookies quay key (not the key and lock type) ass arse truck lorry For more info see the following links. Don't be lazy and google them just like I did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having_different_meanings_in_British_and_American_English:_A%E2%80%93L http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_words_not_widely_used_in_the_United_States http://www.newrider.com/Other_Bits/uk_us_terms.html http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/americanbritish.html

Railroad station is more common in the US, but the differences between these terms are slight. We caught the train at the Shanghai railway station, or train station, take your pick.

Hi! I am in Australia and here we have railway stations as well ;-)