Station
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Station may refer to:
Agriculture and geography
- 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
 - Sheep station, a large property (equivalent of a ranch) in Australia and New Zealand
 - 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
 
Communications
-  Radio station, a radio frequency communication station of any kind, including audio, TV, and non-broadcast uses
- Radio station, an audio radio broadcasting station (common usage)
 - Amateur radio station, a station operating on frequencies allocated for ham or other non-commercial use
 - Broadcasting station, a station intended for reception by the general public
 - Broadcast relay station
 - Ground station (or Earth station), a terrestrial radio station for extraplanetary telecommunication with satellites or spacecraft
 - Television station
 
 -  Courier station, a relay station in a courier system
- Station of the cursus publicus, a state-run courier system of the Roman Empire
 
 - Station (networking), a device capable of using the IEEE 802.11 networking protocol
 
Infrastructure
- Charging station, a device or location that supplies electric energy for recharging electric vehicles
 - Filling station, a facility for refilling a vehicle with gasoline/petrol
 - Fire station (or firehouse)
 - Police station
 - Power station
 -  Service station, a filling station
- Service station (United States usage), a filling station that includes an automobile repair shop
 - Service station (United Kingdom usage), a rest area on a motorway that includes a filling station
 
 - Space station
 - Weather station
 
Military and government
- Diplomatic mission or station, where a diplomatic/consular official (or mission) is posted
 - Military base
 - Naval air station, an airbase of the United States Navy
 - Royal Air Force station
 - Royal Naval Air Station
 - Station (frontier defensive structure)
 
Music, film, and entertainment
- Station (album), by the band Russian Circles
 - Station (film), a 1981 Japanese film directed by Yasuo Furuhata
 - Station (2014 film), a Hindi thriller released in India
 - Station, a fictional alien character in the 1991 film Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
 - Station.com, a game portal operated by Sony Online Entertainment
 - "Stations", a song from the album Churn by the band Shihad
 - SM Station, a South Korean digital music channel operated by S.M. Entertainment
 
Place names
- 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, a transit rail station
 - Railroad station, formal term in American English for a train station
 - Railway station, formal term in British English for a train 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, a railway station (UK) or railroad station (US)
 - Tram stop, a tram, streetcar, or light rail station
 
Other uses
- Station, a term for social status, prestige based on one's position in society
 - Station, in childbirth, the position of the baby in the birth canal
 
See also
- Depot (disambiguation)
 - Station to Station (disambiguation)
 - The Station (disambiguation)
 - All pages beginning with "Station"
 - All pages with titles containing Station
 
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