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A place defined entirely by everyone wanting to leave it.
means A fixed place where something stops, stands, or operates — whether a stop on a transit line, a post assigned to a person, or a position in a social hierarchy.
from From Latin 'statio,' meaning a standing still or a post where one stands guard, built on 'stare,' to stand — the same root standing behind 'stable,' 'status,' and 'stationary.' It arrived in English by way of Old French 'station,' first carrying senses of standing position and rank, and only later — once trains demanded somewhere to halt — settling into the platform we now wait on.
- latin root
- From stare, to stand still, while everything moves
- grand cathedrals
- Victorian stations built like temples to the train
- radio sense
- A fixed spot on the dial, broadcasting outward
- social meaning
- Your station once meant your rank in life
- space outpost
- The ISS is a station orbiting at 17,500 mph
grand central terminal — nyc transit hub serving 750,000 daily commuters since 1913
tokyo station — japan's busiest railway station with 3.7 million daily passengers
king's cross — london railway station opened 1852, iconic victorian architecture
gare de lyon — paris train station serving 100 million passengers annually