Gas station Facts for Kids

Modern gas station, Preem in Karlskrona, Sweden.

Not all gas stations are for cars only; this one in Stockholm, Sweden is for motor boats

A gas station, also known as a filling station, fueling station, service station or petrol station is a facility which sells fuel and lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are gasoline (petrol) or diesel fuel.

The fuel is dispensed by a gas pump. Some of the different kinds of fuel are:

Gasoline (petrol)
Diesel
CNG
CGH₂
HCNG
LPG (GPL)
LH₂
Ethanol fuel (like E10, E85, E100)
Biogas
Biobutanol
Biodiesel

Many gas stations have a convenience store close to the pumps, to make extra earnings. Some have tunnel car washs.

Images for kids

A Shell filling station in Sabah, Malaysia
The Skovshoved Filling Station, in operation since 1935, in Copenhagen, Denmark
Portable filling station (manufacturer - Robotanks LLC)
An MOL filling station in Luduș, Transylvania, Romania
Orlen station for refueling boats, Poland
A Royal Dutch Shell filling station and garage in Mijnsheerenland, The Netherlands, late-1970s
Pre-fabricated gas station, Culver City, California, US 1977
The world's first "filling station", the City Pharmacy in Wiesloch, Germany
Modern gas station column. Russia
A Shell station near Lost Hills, California, US
An IndianOil filling station near Dera Bassi in Punjab, India
Hydrogen fueling nozzle
Station on the road from the Thai border to Siem Reap, Cambodia
An ENEOS filling station near Mount Fuji in Japan
A small independent filling station in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, England. Stations like these in the United Kingdom are becoming rarer.
Royal Dutch Shell station in Feira de Santana, Brazil
A Lawson self-service station with attached convenience store in Shingū, Fukuoka, Japan
A typical US filling station, like this Mobil station in Belmont, California
A typical Canadian station, like this Petro-Canada station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
A Sheetz station with several pumps in Breezewood, Pennsylvania, US
A Spar express convenience store in a Shell station in Wattens, Austria.
Fuel prices in Germany (cents per liter)
Many supermarkets in Europe have branched into gasoline retailing, as shown by this Morrisons filling station in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England
Pay-at-the-pump gasoline pump
Retail markup over crude oil and wholesale gasoline, 2014–2019
Like many gasoline stands in Japan, this Shell filling station has hoses that hang from above.
A Shell station in Columbus, Ohio in 2020. The building, which formerly housed a service station, was converted into a convenience store.
US service station c. 1950s
Linnatuuli, a highway service centre in Janakkala, Finland, along the Tampere Highway (E12)
A state petroleum inspector visiting a Mobil station in Port Charlotte, Florida
An unstaffed Asda self-service filling station where payment is made at the pump by credit or debit card. This one is in Middleton, Leeds, England
A no smoking sign at a filling station

Gas station facts for kids

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