underground station

collocation in English

meaningsofundergroundandstation

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underground
adjective
adverb
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈɡraʊnd/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈɡraʊnd/
below the surface of the earth; ...
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station
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on ...
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(Definition ofundergroundandstationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While one of the timed walks went into anundergroundstationand through a subway, the second remained outdoors, to create an acoustic disjunction.
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There is anundergroundstationwithin five minutes' walk.
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In addition, a notice was served in 1985 to a contractor working at anundergroundstation.
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During the morning peak hour from 8.15 to 9.15, more than 33,000 people can be expected to pass through theundergroundstation.
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If 10 million people are passing through oneundergroundstationevery year, enormous pressure and strain is bound to be placed on the station's facilities.
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Theundergroundstationhas its own car park with 158 places.
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They often stay in small, bad hotels or, for example, pass through the passageway from theundergroundstationto this building.
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For instance, it may not always be possible to install a lift at anundergroundstation.
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It is the onlyundergroundstation, but it is important because my constituents benefit from the link with the underground system.
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A huge pit 40 ft deep will then be excavated across the whole site to take the eight-platformundergroundstation.
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The reason is that anundergroundstationmust be staffed.
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Many people are driving to and parking at the localundergroundstation.
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Why, then, does only oneundergroundstationhave the same facility?
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We can all imagine the scenario of a busyundergroundstationwith no staff on duty and the booking office closed.
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There used to be a man at the barrier in theundergroundstation; now passengers feed their tickets into the machine.
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Although we have asked the promoters to make the station anundergroundstationwith staff present, we get nowhere; they absolutely refuse.
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For example, the cost of installing a lift in anundergroundstationwould be £750,000.
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In the corner nearest to the tunnel to theundergroundstationa large number of small granite blocks appeared recently.
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I represent a constituency that does not have anundergroundstationwithin it.
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They were trying to benefit from some of the warm air coming through the grills from theundergroundstationafter it had been closed.
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