Station

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Station may refer to:

Agriculture

Communications

Geography

  • Gauging station
    , or stream gauge, 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, mostly in colonial Asia and Africa

Infrastructure

Military and government

Music, film, and entertainment

Places

  • Station, California, former name of Laws, California
  • Station, California, former name of Zurich, California
  • La Station
    , a community centre in Montreal, originally designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Transport

  • Bus station
  • Metro station or subway station, a transit rail station
  • Station (roller coaster)
    , the place guests load a roller coaster train
  • Train order station
    , a control point at which trains can be stopped and controlled
  • Train station, also known as railway station or railroad station
  • Tram stop, a tram, streetcar, or light rail station

Other uses

  • Station, one of the four bases on a baseball field
  • Station, a term for social status or official rank, based on one's position and prestige in society
  • Station, in childbirth, the position of the baby in the birth canal
  • Stations of the Cross, in Western Christian churches, a series of depictions of Jesus on the day of his crucifixion

See also