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Use of estar and ser

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Desmond
February 03, 2015, 02:29 AM
An online spanish tutorial has The apple is green.
La manzana está verde.
La manzana es verde.
In the second it is the physical characteristic of that type of apple.
If a train station is always going to be in the same place and presumably until it closes down will always be a train station. When giving directions should it not be

Allí es la estación
not
Allí está la estación

wrholt
February 03, 2015, 11:53 AM
The physical location of an object is always stated using "estar": mobility or immobility is irrelevant.