Phrase guide

railway station

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where trains stop for passengers to embark and disembark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: railroad station, railroad terminal, train station, train depot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: terminal, terminus, depot

Narrower terms: whistle stop, flag stop, way station

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: stacion hekurudhor — place where trains stop
  • Albanian: stacion i trenit — place where trains stop
  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة السِّكَك الْحَدِيدِيَّة (maḥaṭṭat as-sikak al-ḥadīdiyya) — place where trains stop
  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة (maḥaṭṭa) — place where trains stop
  • Arabic: مَحَطَّة قِطَار (maḥaṭṭat qiṭār) — place where trains stop
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܬܩܢܵܐ ܕܣܸܟܬܵܐ (matqnā d-siktā) — place where trains stop
  • Armenian: երկաթուղային կայարան (erkatʻuġayin kayaran) — place where trains stop
  • Azerbaijani: dəmiryol stansiyası — place where trains stop
  • Azerbaijani: vağzal — place where trains stop
  • Belarusian: вакза́л (vakzál) — place where trains stop
  • Belarusian: ста́нцыя (stáncyja) — place where trains stop
  • Belarusian: чыгу́начная ста́нцыя (čyhúnačnaja stáncyja) — place where trains stop
  • Belarusian: дварэ́ц (dvaréc) — place where trains stop
  • Bengali: রেলওয়ে স্টেশন (relōẇe sṭeśon) — place where trains stop
  • Bengali: ট্রেন স্টেশন (ṭren sṭeśon) — place where trains stop
  • Bulgarian: железопъ́тна га́ра (železopǎ́tna gára) — place where trains stop
  • Bulgarian: ЖП га́ра (ŽP gára) — place where trains stop
  • Bulgarian: га́ра (gára) — place where trains stop
  • Bulgarian: ста́нция (stáncija) — place where trains stop
  • Burmese: ဘူတာရုံ (bhutarum) — place where trains stop
  • Catalan: estació ferroviària — place where trains stop
  • Chinese Cantonese: 火車站 /火车站 (fo2 ce1 zaam6) — place where trains stop
  • Chinese: хуәчәзан (huəčəzan) — place where trains stop
  • Gan Chinese: 火車站 /火车站 ('fo3 ca1 zan4) — place where trains stop
  • Hakka Chinese: 火車站 /火车站 (fó-chhâ-cham) — place where trains stop
  • Chinese: 火車站 /火车站 (zh-min-nan) — place where trains stop
  • Jin Chinese: 火車站 /火车站 (hue2 ce1 zan3) — place where trains stop
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火車站 /火车站 (huǒchēzhàn) — place where trains stop
  • Wu Chinese: 火車站 /火车站 — place where trains stop
  • Czech: železniční stanice — place where trains stop
  • Czech: vlakové nádraží — place where trains stop
  • Danish: banegård — place where trains stop
  • Danish: jernbanestation — place where trains stop
  • Danish: togstation — place where trains stop
  • Dutch: spoorwegstation — place where trains stop
  • Dutch: treinstation — place where trains stop
  • Erzya: чугункань лотксематарка (čugunkań lotksematarka) — place where trains stop
  • Erzya: кшникинь аштематарка (kšnikiń aštematarka) — place where trains stop
  • Erzya: кшникикардаз (kšnikikardaz) — place where trains stop
  • Estonian: raudteejaam — place where trains stop
  • Estonian: rongijaam — place where trains stop
  • Faroese: tokstøð — place where trains stop
  • Faroese: jarnbreytarstøð — place where trains stop
  • Finnish: rautatieasema — place where trains stop
  • Finnish: juna-asema — place where trains stop
  • French: gare — place where trains stop
  • French: gare ferroviaire — place where trains stop
  • French: gare de chemin de fer — place where trains stop
  • Georgian: რკინიგზის სადგური (rḳinigzis sadguri) — place where trains stop
  • Georgian: ვაგზალი (vagzali) — place where trains stop
  • German: Bahnhof — place where trains stop
  • Greek: σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός (sidirodromikós stathmós) — place where trains stop
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲנַת רַכֶּבֶת (takhanát rakévet) — place where trains stop
  • Hindi: रेलवे स्टेशन (relve sṭeśan) — place where trains stop
  • Hindi: ट्रेन स्टेशन (ṭren sṭeśan) — place where trains stop
  • Hungarian: vasútállomás — place where trains stop
  • Hungarian: pályaudvar — place where trains stop
  • Icelandic: lestarstöð — place where trains stop
  • Icelandic: brautarstöð — place where trains stop
  • Icelandic: sporgarður — place where trains stop
  • Icelandic: járnbrautarstöð — place where trains stop
  • Indonesian: stasiun kereta api — place where trains stop
  • Ingrian: vokzala — place where trains stop
  • Irish: stáisiúin traenach — place where trains stop
  • Italian: stazione — place where trains stop
  • Italian: stazione ferroviaria — place where trains stop
  • Japanese: 鉄道駅 (tetsudōeki) — place where trains stop
  • Japanese: 駅 (eki) — place where trains stop
  • Kashubian: banof — place where trains stop
  • Kashubian: banowiszcze — place where trains stop
  • Kazakh: темір жол бекеті (temır jol beketı) — place where trains stop
  • Kazakh: вокзал (vokzal) — place where trains stop
  • Khmer: ស្ថានីយអយស្ម័យយាន (sthaanii ʼaʼyaʼsmay yiən) — place where trains stop
  • Khmer: ស្ថានីយ (sthaanii) — place where trains stop
  • Korean: 역 (yeok) — place where trains stop
  • Korean: 철도역 (cheoldoyeok) — place where trains stop
  • Korean: 기차역 (gichayeok) — place where trains stop
  • Kyrgyz: темир жол бекети (temir jol beketi) — place where trains stop
  • Kyrgyz: вокзал (vokzal) — place where trains stop
  • Lao: ສະຖານີລົດໄຟ (sa thā nī lot fai) — place where trains stop
  • Lao: ສະຖານີ (sa thā nī) — place where trains stop
  • Latvian: dzelzceļa stacija — place where trains stop
  • Latvian: stacija — place where trains stop
  • Lithuanian: geležinkelio stotis — place where trains stop
  • Lithuanian: stotis — place where trains stop
  • Luxembourgish: Gare — place where trains stop
  • Macedonian: железничка станица (železnička stanica) — place where trains stop
  • Malay: stesen kereta api — place where trains stop
  • Maltese: stazzjon — place where trains stop
  • Mizo: rêl chawlhhmun — place where trains stop
  • Mongolian: төмөр замын буудал (tömör zamyn buudal) — place where trains stop
  • Mongolian: төмөр замын өртөө (tömör zamyn örtöö) — place where trains stop
  • Mongolian: вокзал (vokzal) — place where trains stop
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ ᠵᠠᠮ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠳᠠᠯ (temür ǰam un baɣudal) — place where trains stop
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ ᠵᠠᠮ ᠤ᠋ᠨ ᠥᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡ (temür ǰam un örtege) — place where trains stop
  • Mongolian: ᠸᠣᠻᠽᠠᠯ (wokzal) — place where trains stop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: togstasjon — place where trains stop
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jernbanestasjon — place where trains stop
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jarnbanestasjon — place where trains stop
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jernbanestasjon — place where trains stop
  • Pashto: د اورګاډي تمځای (də orgāḍí tamźāy) — place where trains stop
  • Pashto: د اورګاډي سټېشن (də orgāḍí sṭéšan) — place where trains stop
  • Iranian Persian: ایسْتْگاهِ رَاهآهَن (istgâh-e râh-âhan) — place where trains stop
  • Iranian Persian: ایسْتْگاهِ قَطار (istgâh-e ġatâr) — place where trains stop
  • Polish: stacja kolejowa — place where trains stop
  • Polish: dworzec kolejowy — place where trains stop
  • Portuguese: estação de trem — place where trains stop
  • Portuguese: estação ferroviária — place where trains stop
  • Portuguese: estação de comboios — place where trains stop
  • Portuguese: gare — place where trains stop
  • Romanian: gară — place where trains stop
  • Romanian: stație de cale ferată — place where trains stop
  • Romanian: gară feroviară — place where trains stop
  • Romansh: staziun — place where trains stop
  • Romansh: staziun da trens — place where trains stop
  • Russian: железнодоро́жная ста́нция (železnodoróžnaja stáncija) — place where trains stop
  • Russian: ста́нция (stáncija) — place where trains stop
  • Russian: вокза́л (vokzál) — place where trains stop
  • Russian: железнодоро́жный вокза́л (železnodoróžnyj vokzál) — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: железничка станица — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: жељезничка станица — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̀ница — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̏лодво̄р — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: železnička stanica — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: željeznička stanica — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: stànica — place where trains stop
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȍlodvōr — place where trains stop
  • Shan: ႁူင်းရထႃး (húung rǎ tháa) — place where trains stop
  • Shan: တႃႈရထႃး (tāa rǎ tháa) — place where trains stop
  • Sikkimese: ལྕགས་ལམ་ཚིགམ (lcags lam tshigm) — place where trains stop
  • Silesian: banhŏf — place where trains stop
  • Slovak: železničná stanica — place where trains stop
  • Slovak: stanica — place where trains stop
  • Slovak: nádražie — place where trains stop
  • Slovene: železniška postaja — place where trains stop
  • Slovene: kolodvor — place where trains stop
  • Lower Sorbian: dwórnišćo — place where trains stop
  • Upper Sorbian: dwórnišćo — place where trains stop
  • Spanish: estación de tren — place where trains stop
  • Spanish: estación de ferrocarril — place where trains stop
  • Spanish: estación ferroviaria — place where trains stop
  • Spanish: estación ferrovial — place where trains stop
  • Spanish: estación ferrocarrilera — place where trains stop
  • Swahili: stesheni ya treni — place where trains stop
  • Swahili: kituo cha reli — place where trains stop
  • Swahili: kituo cha garimoshi — place where trains stop
  • Swedish: järnvägsstation — place where trains stop
  • Tajik: истгоҳи роҳи оҳан (istgoh-i roh-i ohan) — place where trains stop
  • Tajik: вокзал (vokzal) — place where trains stop
  • Thai: สถานีรถไฟ (sà-tǎa-nii rót-fai) — place where trains stop
  • Thai: สถานี (sà-tǎa-nii) — place where trains stop
  • Tibetan: རི་ལི་བབས་ཚུགས (ri li babs tshugs) — place where trains stop
  • Turkish: tren istasyonu — place where trains stop
  • Turkish: tren garı — place where trains stop
  • Ukrainian: залізни́чна ста́нція (zaliznýčna stáncija) — place where trains stop
  • Ukrainian: вокза́л (vokzál) — place where trains stop
  • Ukrainian: ста́нція (stáncija) — place where trains stop
  • Ukrainian: дворе́ць (dvorécʹ) — place where trains stop
  • Ukrainian: двіре́ць (dvirécʹ) — place where trains stop
  • Urdu: ریلْوے اِسْٹیشَن (relve isṭeśan) — place where trains stop
  • Urdu: راہ آہَنِ اِیسْتْگاہ (rāh āhan-i īstgāh) — place where trains stop
  • Uyghur: ئىستانسا (istansa) — place where trains stop
  • Uyghur: بېكەت (bëket) — place where trains stop
  • Uyghur: ۋوگزال (wogzal) — place where trains stop
  • Uyghur: پويىز ئىستانسىسى (poyiz istansisi) — place where trains stop
  • Uzbek: temir yoʻl stansiyasi — place where trains stop
  • Uzbek: vokzal — place where trains stop
  • Vietnamese: nhà ga — place where trains stop
  • Vietnamese: nhà ga hành khách — place where trains stop
  • Vietnamese: ga — place where trains stop
  • Vietnamese: bến tàu hỏa — place where trains stop
  • Volapük: ferodarutavegastajon — place where trains stop
  • Welsh: gorsaf — place where trains stop
  • Welsh: gorsaf rheilffordd — place where trains stop
  • Yiddish: באַן סטאַנציע (ban stantsye) — place where trains stop