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Collocations for station - 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 station.

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VERB + station

get to, go to
We got to the station just as the train was pulling out.
leave
The bus leaves the station at 09.00 hours.
arrive at
The train arrived at Pisa station twenty minutes late.

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station + NOUN

building
platform
car park (BrE), parking lot (AmE)
agent (AmE), manager (BrE), master (usually stationmaster), staff

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PREPOSITION

at a/the station
He got off at the same station.
We waited for him at the bus station.
in a/the station
There's a newspaper kiosk in the station.

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2. radio/television company

ADJECTIVE

radio, television, TV
foreign, local
digital, FM, pirate
a digital radio station
cable, satellite
commercial
news

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VERB + station

get, pick up, tune in to, tune to
I can pick up a lot of foreign stations on this radio.
listen to
operate, run

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station + VERB

air sth, broadcast sth, play sth
The station airs 14 hours of local news per week.

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station + NOUN

manager (esp. AmE)

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3. place/building where service is organized

ADJECTIVE

ambulance (esp. BrE), fire, lifeboat (BrE), police
polling
I went into a polling station 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 station.
The UK post was a way station to retirement.
earth, space
radar, tracking, weather

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VERB + station

operate, run
close, open

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station + NOUN

house (AmE)
The police led me into the station house.
forecourt (BrE)
a petrol station forecourt
attendant, manager, owner
a petrol station attendant (BrE)
a gas station attendant (AmE)
chief (AmE)
the CIA station chief in Vietnam
commander, officer (both esp. BrE)
The meeting had to be abandoned after local fire station officer, Dave Temple, was called away to a fire.

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Collocations for station - verb

Station is used with these nouns as the object:
guard, troops

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