On Paddington Station?

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Chapters
00:00 On Paddington Station?
01:00 Answer 1 Score 2
01:28 Accepted Answer Score 4
01:41 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 4

In/At the station is perfectly correct.
On the station is unusual but acceptable, because you would be on a platform in the same way that you would be a on a dock or on a quay.

ANSWER 2

Score 2

I'd say they used the Preposition "on" in the article because the Subject of the sentence is a bear stuffed toy, and "on" suggests the manner in which the toy was found literally on the surface of the platform.

Similarly, I suppose some people might also say "on Paddington station" in the same way that they would say "on the platform."

British English would also prescribe "at the station." And "at/ in Nottingham" for a place that's a point on a journey.