Talk:station

Sense of “farm”

 * Section added Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 00:38, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Cool! I had no idea of the Australian agricultural sense. -dmh 14:15, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * I have just added NZ, where the word is also used,and changed it to sheep/cattle. It's not used for places raising pigs, horses, camels, whatever. --JimBreen 00:35, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

“on the station”
The usage “in the train or on the station” is widespread on British railways (as of 2008), though I don’t know how widespread this preposition is – perhaps it’s only used in this context, or with the implied meaning “station platform”. I’ve not heard it used in American English, where one would say “in the station”. (Is “station” used to mean “platform”?)

I’ve added a usage note to this effect, and welcome clarification or elaboration – thanks!

Nils von Barth (nbarth) (talk) 00:41, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Speaking as a British person, waiting forlornly for a train to turn up, in 2009, I would say "at the station". Colin. 82.24.113.31 19:49, 23 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, "on the train" and "at the station". And no, the station is not the platform. The station is the building with all its platforms, towers, switches and everything connected to it. —Stephen 20:03, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

As a railway-using British teacher of English, I'd just like to say that I've never heard "on the station" and rarely "in the train". I've only ever taught and only ever heard "at the station" and "on the train". Can we change it?
 * This is a Wiki - you can change it. SemperBlotto 17:52, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Dutch pronunciation of "station"
The IPA transcription and the example spoken do not correspond at all!

In Anglo-India
Perhaps not adequately covered by existing senses such as "military base": Hobson-Jobson gives station as "a word of constant recurrence in Anglo-Indian colloquial. It is the usual designation of the place where the English officials of a district, or the officers of a garrison (not in a fortress) reside. Also the aggregate society of such a place." The citations:


 * 1832.—"The nobles and gentlemen are frequently invited to witness a 'Station ball.'..."—Mrs. Meer Hassan Ali, Observations, i. 196.
 * 1866.—⁠"And if I told how much I ate at one Mofussil station, I'm sure 'twould cause at home a most extraordinary sensation." ⁠Trevelyan, The Dawk Bungalow, in Fraser, lxxiii. p. 391.
 * ⁠ "Who asked the Station to dinner, and allowed only one glass of Simkin to each guest."—Ibid. 231.

Equinox ◑ 14:46, 6 February 2022 (UTC)


 * ✅ (with one citation from elsewhere; add the above if you can find the full source information). Equinox ◑ 15:30, 4 August 2022 (UTC)