Collocations withstation
These are words often used in combination withstation.
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adjacent station
There is the passenger terminal, which has a landing stage on the river and an adjacent station.
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affiliated stations
Network operations and those of the local owned-and-operated or affiliated stations in the same city are now separate and may come under different corporate entities.
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agricultural station
These things can be demonstrated only in an agricultural station.
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bait station
This experiment was designed to test whether bait station design affected bait matrix removal, not whether bait design affected bait discovery.
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central station
However, it is usually not feasible to employ a central station to control an overall global synchronization of time.
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charging station
The charging station socket is dead if no vehicle is present; the pilot pin in the plug on the charger side controls the circuit breaker.
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coal-fired station
Most of the discussion has centred around the importance of coming to a decision about a coal-fired station.
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compressor station
There are midline stations in block 36/22 and block 37/4 and there is a gas compressor station in block 14.
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elevated station
Like a subway system, the elevated station platform and the bus floor are at the same height.
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experiment station
Some land grant universities as well as other agricultural institutions are now offering courses in organic production and are establishing certified organic experiment station land54.
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flagship station
Not all networks or shows have a flagship station, as some originate from a dedicated radio or television studio.
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freight station
By the 1930s, the town included a freight station, a store, lumber yard, blacksmith shop, garage, and pool hall.
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gasoline station
The island features a small hotel, several small stores that sell staple foods, and a gasoline station.
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generating station
If a man has got in his own works a generating station for his own supply, that is not taken over unless he wishes.
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guard station
One heard them in the lanes, in taverns and at the guard station, in the city and in the countryside, sung by burgher and farmer alike.
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hydroelectric station
The local economy centres on pulp and paper; the city has a pulp-milling centre as well as a major hydroelectric station.
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independent station
At its sign-on, channel 26 operated as an independent station.
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inspection station
Similarly, natural language allows "the manual inspection station with the smallest queue" to be expressed easily and concisely.
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international station
The second international station must surely be where it will be most used.
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lifeguard station
The station is currently housed in a purpose built building close to the coastguard and lifeguard station that was finished in 1998.
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local station
The teleoperation structure includes in the local station a simplified model of the human operator.
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low-power station
The noncommercial low-power station currently airs a primarily wide-ranging adult album alternative format with a strong local community focus.
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manned station
If they were dissatisfied after the station had been downgraded from the manned station to an unmanned station, they could then make their complaint.
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meteorological station
Data on daily precipitation and average temperature were obtained from a meteorological station situated 25 km from the experimental enclosures.
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metro station
Figure 9 is a screenshot of the orchestra playing in a virtual metro station.
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mobile station
Will there be more than one location for a mobile station, or will it simply be in one place?
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monitoring station
Therefore, information on how effective a monitoring station is in capturing termites is needed to estimate the size of a foraging termite population.
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naval station
You see there is a pretense this is just a naval station and you never know which is the pretense: spaceship or navy.
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nuclear station
Since the depreciation charges are a very substantial part of the cost of electricity generated in a nuclear station, this is a vitally important point.
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pirate station
A pirate station might broadcast on a frequency which it is desired to allocate to a legitimate broadcaster.
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postal station
These were actually applied on board the zeppelin while in flight, at a small postal station.
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public station
The city's larger fleet vehicles such as garbage trucks also use this public station for fueling.
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quarantine station
The stratified nature of shipboard life was replicated at the quarantine station by the quarantine regulations and by the passengers themselves.
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radar station
The provision of a radar station has still to be considered.
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radio station
A similar team of twenty commandos was to take the radio station, which was lightly guarded.
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rail station
The whole front of the rail station was decorated, and printed foils were placed on the floor directly below each sound shower.
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recruiting station
Men are asked to register not at the recruiting station when they join, but at their first unit, and clearly this does not work.
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relay station
Until these studies are sufficiently advanced, no worth-while estimate can be made of the area or population which a relay station would serve.
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repeater station
I was able to study closely this new telephone exchange and the repeater station they are now building, and also the new post office.
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seismic station
The foundation of a seismic station is critical.
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station attendant
Eli and the service station attendant find her and take her to the tow truck.
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station manager
While a category like "mover" sounds very local, a category like "station manager" is surely reproduced over and over in media production organizations.
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switching station
The tunnel under the electricity switching station has to be ruled out because of high cost and grave threat to the construction programme.
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telegraph station
Sometimes his messages have to be sent by motor cars running thirty, forty, or fifty miles in order to get to the telegraph station.
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tram station
An access gallery would run across the width of the plateau to an aerial tram station.
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transformer station
The oil tanks and the associated pipework lie outside the fenced enclosures that formed the original transformer station.
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transit station
Is it not a fact that they are not allowed to wear this rig between transit station and shore residence?
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tube station
Can he not take his car to the vicinity of a tube station and then take the tube to his office?
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underground station
While one of the timed walks went into an underground station and through a subway, the second remained outdoors, to create an acoustic disjunction.
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