I.
noun
1 place where trains/buses stop
ADJECTIVE
▪ rail , railroad ( AmE ), railway ( BrE ), train
▪ bus , coach ( BrE )
▪ metro , subway ( AmE ), tube ( BrE ), underground ( BrE )
▪ next
▪
We get off at the next ~.
VERB + STATION
▪ get to , go to
▪
We got to the ~ just as the train was pulling out.
▪ leave
▪
The bus leaves the ~ at 09.00 hours.
▪ arrive at
▪
The train arrived at Pisa ~ twenty minutes late.
STATION + NOUN
▪ building
▪ platform
▪ car park ( BrE ), parking lot ( AmE )
▪ agent ( AmE ), manager ( BrE ), master (usually stationmaster ) ( BrE , old-fashioned ), staff
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
He got off at the same ~.
▪
We waited for him at the bus ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
There's a newspaper kiosk in the ~.
2 radio/television company
ADJECTIVE
▪ radio , television , TV
▪ foreign , local
▪ digital , FM , pirate
▪
a digital radio ~
▪ cable , satellite
▪ commercial
▪ news
VERB + STATION
▪ get , pick up , tune in to , tune to
▪
I can pick up a lot of foreign ~s on this radio.
▪ listen to
▪ operate , run
STATION + VERB
▪ air sth , broadcast sth , play sth
▪
The ~ airs 14 hours of local news per week.
STATION + NOUN
▪ manager ( esp. AmE )
3 place/building where service is organized
ADJECTIVE
▪ ambulance ( esp. BrE ), fire , lifeboat ( BrE ), police
▪ polling
▪
I went into a polling ~ and cast my vote.
▪ power
▪ filling , gas ( AmE ), petrol ( BrE ), service
▪ service ( BrE ), way ( often figurative , esp. AmE )
▪
We stopped for a break at a motorway service ~.
▪
The UK post was a way ~ to retirement.
▪ earth , space
▪ radar , tracking , weather
VERB + STATION
▪ operate , run
▪ close , open
STATION + NOUN
▪ house ( AmE )
▪
The police led me into the ~ house.
▪ forecourt ( BrE )
▪
a petrol ~ forecourt
▪ attendant , manager , owner
▪
a petrol ~ attendant ( BrE )
▪
a gas ~ attendant ( AmE )
▪ chief ( AmE )
▪
the CIA ~ chief in Vietnam
▪ commander , officer (both esp. BrE )
▪
The meeting had to be abandoned after local fire ~ officer, Dave Temple, was called away to a fire.
II.
verb
Station is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ guard , ↑ troops