Station

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Station may refer to:

Filling station, a gas (petrol) station
Power station
Space station
Transit station (disambiguation)
- Bus station
- Metro station, a transit rail station
- Train station or railway station
- Train order station
Police station
Chaining station or chainage
Relay station in a courier system
Station, a type of postal facility that is not a main post office, as defined by the United States Postal Service
Stations of the Cursus publicus, the courier system of the Roman Empire

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

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
Station, California, former name of Laws, California

Station church, a church in which special services are held on specific days during Lent and Easter
Station days, days of specific liturgical practice in the Roman Catholic Church
Stations of the Cross, a Christian devotion and its associated images
Stations of the Exodus, the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt

Station wagon, a vehicle body style
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