Station
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Station may refer to:
Traffic and infrastructure[edit]
- Bus station
- Charging station, an element is used to recharge plug-in electric cars
- Filling station, a gasoline/petrol or service station
- Fire station (or firehouse)
- Metro station, a transit rail station
- Police station
- Power station
- Space station
- Train station, also known as a railroad or railway station
- Train order station
- Weather station
- Chaining station or chainage
Communication[edit]
- Radio station
- Stations of the Cursus publicus, the courier system of the Roman Empire
- Relay station in a courier system
Military[edit]
- Naval air station, an airbase of the United States Navy
- Royal Air Force station
- Royal Naval Air Station
- Station (frontier defensive structure)
- Military base
Agricultural[edit]
- Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
- Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
Computer networks[edit]
- Station (networking), a device capable of using the IEEE 802.11 networking protocol
Locations[edit]
- Cattle station, an Australian term for a large farm
- Gauging station, a location along a river or stream used for gauging or other measurements
- Hill station, a town which is high enough to be relatively cool in summer
- La Station, a community centre in Montreal, originally designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Sheep station, a large property (equivalent of a ranch) in Australia and New Zealand
- Station, California, former name of Laws, California
- Station, California, former name of Zurich, California
Music[edit]
- Station (album), by the band Russian Circles
- "Stations", a song from the album Churn by the band Shihad
Other uses[edit]
- Station (roller coaster), the place guests load a roller coaster train
- Diplomatic mission or station, where a diplomatic/consular official (or mission) is posted
- Station, term for social status, prestige based on one's position in society
- Station, in childbirth, the position of the baby in the birth canal
- Station, the name of the alien in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
See also[edit]
- All pages beginning with "Station"
- All pages with titles containing "Station"
- Station.com, Sony Online Entertainment game portal
- The Station (disambiguation)
- Depot (disambiguation)
- Transit station (disambiguation)
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