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    Is filling station also used in BrE or is it strictly petrol station?

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    Default Re: "filling station" in BrE

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    Is filling station also used in BrE or is it strictly petrol station?
    It's a petrol station or a service station, not a filling station in Aus - and of course, never a gas station. I think that would apply also to Britain, but someone can verify it.
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    Default Re: "filling station" in BrE

    Thanks Raymott. So what do you do when you get to the petrol station? You

    fuel up?
    fill up?
    tank up?
    refuel?
    get fuel/ petrol?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nyota View Post
    Is filling station also used in BrE or is it strictly petrol station?
    To my knowledge, filling station is the same as petrol station in the UK.
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    Default Re: "filling station" in BrE

    Quote Originally Posted by nyota View Post
    Thanks Raymott. So what do you do when you get to the petrol station? You

    fuel up?
    fill up?
    tank up?
    refuel?
    get fuel/ petrol?
    "Fill up" was the usual term used in the days when people could afford to do that. "Get petrol" is a neutral way of saying it.
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    Default Re: "filling station" in BrE

    Quote Originally Posted by Raymott View Post
    "Fill up" was the usual term used in the days when people could afford to do that.

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