10 Facts About Rail station

Train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both.

In British usage, the word station is commonly understood to mean a railway station unless otherwise qualified.

World's first recorded railway station was The Mount on the Oystermouth Railway in Swansea, Wales, which began passenger service in 1807, although the trains were horsedrawn rather than by locomotives.

The station was slightly older than the still extant Liverpool Road railway station terminal in Manchester.

Crown Street station was demolished in 1836, as the Liverpool terminal station moved to Lime Street railway station.

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The other arrangement, where the Rail station entrance and platforms are on the same level, is common, but is perhaps rarer in urban areas, except when the Rail station is a terminus.

Occasionally, a station serves two or more railway lines at differing levels.

Track with a spot at the Rail station to board and disembark trains is called Rail station track or house track regardless of whether it is a main line or loop line.

Sometimes the track continues for a short distance beyond the Rail station, and terminating trains continue forwards after depositing their passengers, before either proceeding to sidings or reversing to the Rail station to pick up departing passengers.

Terminals that have competing rail lines using the station frequently set up a jointly owned terminal railroad to own and operate the station and its associated tracks and switching operations.