Station / railway station

Terminal, depot, yard or halt. A place where trains stop, or where loading and unloading occurs, and where assistance may be available. Also a place where there can be points (facing or trailing) that make it possible for the train to use different routes. Eurostat/ITF/UNECE definition: a railway establishment which is either open or not to the public, generally staffed and which is designed for one or more of the following operations: - formation, dispatch, reception and temporary stabling of trains - stabling and marshalling of rolling stock - boarding and alighting of passengers - generally, where open to public, providing facilities for the purchase of tickets - loading and unloading of goods.