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  2. Train station - Wikipedia

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    Train station is the terminology typically used in the U.S. [3] In Europe, the terms train station and railway station are both commonly used, with railroad being obsolete. [4] [5] [6] In British Commonwealth usage, where railway station is the traditional term, the word station is commonly understood to mean a railway station unless otherwise specified.

  3. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    A set of railway routes that are bundled for publicity purposes (e.g. a UK train operating company) [205] [206] Railway station Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., an example of a railway station A train station, a stopping point for trains, usually with passenger access Railway terminal A building for passengers at the end of a ...

  4. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus - Wikipedia

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    Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (officially Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, also known as Victoria Terminus (VT), Bombay station code: CSMT [6] /ST ), is a historic railway terminus and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

  5. Category:Railway terminus in India - Wikipedia

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    A "terminus" is a station at the end of a railway line. Trains arriving there have to end their journeys (terminate) or reverse out of the station. Depending on the layout of the station, this usually permits travellers to reach all the platforms without the need to cross any tracks – the public entrance to the station and the main reception ...

  6. Passenger rail terminology - Wikipedia

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    Suspension railway is a form of elevated monorail where the vehicle is suspended from a fixed track (as opposed to a cable used in aerial tramways), which is built above street level, over a river or canal, or an existing railway track.

  7. Glossary of North American railway terms - Wikipedia

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    A small shelter that serves as a train station for Amtrak trains in a small town. Normally, there are no manned services offered at these small stations. [21] More generally, any station built under Amtrak's Standard Stations Program in the 1970s and 1980s. [22] [23] Association of American Railroads (AAR)

  8. Terminus - Wikipedia

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    terminus post quem, terminus ante quem, terminus ad quem, and terminus a quo, terms used to describe the limits of a timeframe during which a historical event may have happened in archaeology; Terminus, a beetle genus in the tribe Pentarthrini; Terminus, the unofficial original name of Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  9. Rail transport operations - Wikipedia

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    The Secunderabad Railway Station is one of the busiest stations of Indian Railways. Most public transport passenger operations happen in the train station and in the passenger car. The passenger buys a ticket, either in the station, or on the train (sometimes at a higher fare). There are generally speaking two ways of validating a ticket: