Europe
Non-English language names for central station:
- Centraal Station (abbreviated formerly as CS and currently as Centraal) in Dutch
- centralstation (abbreviated central or C) in Swedish
- Estación Central in Spanish
- Gare centrale in French
- sentralstasjon in Norwegian
- Stazione Centrale in Italian
- Централна гара (tsentralna gara) in Bulgarian
A local-language version of "main" rather than "central" station is common in many countries:
- Dworzec Główny main station in Polish
- Glavni kolodvor (abbreviated Gl. kol.) main station in Croatian
- Hauptbahnhof (abbreviated Hbf or HB) main station in German
- hlavná stanica (abbreviated hl. st.) main station in Slovak
- hlavní nádraží (abbreviated hl. n.) main station in Czech
- hovedbanegård main station in Danish
- "Centrum" main station or Shopping Center station in Dutch.
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