substation

noun

sub·sta·tion ˈsəb-ˌstā-shən

: a subordinate or subsidiary station: such as

: a branch post office

: a subsidiary station in which electric current is transformed

: a police station serving a particular area

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An Amtrak transformer fire broke out near a Con Ed substation on the railroad’s Hell Gate Line Tuesday afternoon, suspending Amtrak travel in both directions along the Northeast Corridor between Penn Station and New Haven. —

Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 12 Nov. 2024 What’s needed is an infrastructure rebuild, not a substation restoration or the fixing of a plant. —

Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024 The remaining two substations were in the vicinity of Baltimore City. —

Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024 Now, on this day in May of 2021, Mokoena and a fellow guard were at that substation, peering tensely through their truck’s windshield as a group of armed men approached. —

Vince Beiser, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for substation