Why we say bus stand not bus station or railway station not railway stand?

Question

Why we say bus stand not bus station or railway station not railway stand?

Answer 1

I call it a bus stop xD

But I'm from Australia so who knows

Answer 2

We say Bus Stations  if the bus calls at a bus station but most bus services are street loading .Bus Stations are less and less common  modern vehicles dont suffer the cold weather like petrols and older wooden bodies which needed overnight cover modern vehicles dont ,So garages are also less common year on year .  

Answer 3

Here we call it a bus stop, or a rail stop.

But what do New Zealanders know

Answer 4

a station is a large building that you wait in, a stand is small usually covered area. There are bus stations for greyhound buses and whatnot.

Answer 5

In our area in NY Metro area, we called it bus stop.

We also use station or terminal or transcenter if it was building.

Answer 6

Same reason we park on the driveway and drive on the parkway.

Answer 7

I've never heard it called a stand before ever.  And it's not like I'm any place weird either.  Right smack-dab in the middle of the U.S.

Answer 8

Well, in Britain it's "bus stop" unless it's inside a bus station, in which case it's a bus stand (England) or bus stance (Scotland).

The equivalent (British) railway term is "platform" - a railway station may have one or more platforms at which trains may stop.