There was a time (in the UK at least) when the word station would only ever be taken to refer to a railway station. For some reason, nowadays people insist on referring to a station as a train station, as if there was any other sort of station.
Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) An American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most famous for his novel Moby Dick. Born in New York, NY (408). Esther Hobart Morris (1814 - 1902) The first female Justice of the Peace in the United States.
(born 1927). U.S. public official David Dinkins served as the first African American mayor of New York City (1990-94). Previous to his election, he served as a New York state assemblyman from 1966 to 1967, as New York City clerk from 1975 to 1985, and as Manhattan borough president from 1986 to 1990.