Etymology: (1350–1400; ME stacioun < AF < L statiō a standing still, halting place =sta-, var. s. of stāre to stand+-tiō -tion)
2. (noun)place, station proper or designated socialsituation "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station"
3. (noun)station (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty
4. (noun)post, station the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand "a soldier manned the entrance post"; "a sentry station"
3. (noun)STation the spot or place where anything stands, especially where a person or thing habitually stands, or is appointed to remain for a time; as, the station of a sentinel
6. (noun)STation the place at which an instrument is planted, or observations are made, as in surveying
7. (noun)STation the particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat
8. (noun)STation a place to which ships may resort, and where they may anchor safely
9. (noun)STation a place or region to which a governmentship or fleet is assigned for duty
10. (noun)STation a place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)
11. (noun)STation an enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc
12. (noun)STation post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment
13. (noun)STation situation; position; location
14. (noun)STation state; rank; condition of life; social status
15. (noun)STation the fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the council which condemned Christ, and of his passion
16. (noun)STation a church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers
17. (noun)STation one of the places at which ecclesiastical processions pause for the performance of an act of devotion; formerly, the tomb of a martyr, or some similarly consecrated spot; now, especially, one of those representations of the successive stages of our Lord's passion which are often placed round the naves of large churches and by the side of the way leading to sacred edifices or shrines, and which are visited in rotation, stated services being performed at each; -- called also Station of the cross
18. (verb)STation to place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa
Sense: a place with a ticket office, waiting rooms etc, where trains, buses or coaches stop to allow passengers to get on or off a bus station; She arrived at the station in good time for her train.