As well as being used for centrally located stations (such as the former Croydon Central station ), "Central" often appears in names of stations that were once served by railway companies which used Central as part of their name—for example Leicester Central railway station was owned by theGreat Central Railway , and Grand Central Station in New York City was part of the New York Central Railroad .
When translating foreign texts into English, "Central station" sometimes replaces the name of stations in the non-English speaking world where the literal meaning of the station's name is central station or main station . An example of the latter is the Danish wordhovedbanegård . [ citation needed ] Travel and rail sources such as Rough Guides ,Thomas Cook European Timetable and Deutsche Bahn 's passenger information generally use the native name; whilst some websites and English publications of some national railway operators use "central station" or "central railway station" instead.