Railway station
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A train station or railway station (also called a railroad station, rail station, or depot) is a place where passengers can get on and off trains and/or goods may be loaded or unloaded.
Early stations were usually built to handle passengers and goods. Today goods are usually only unloaded at big stations. Stations are next to a railway line, or they are the terminus for a route. Usually there are platforms to let passengers get on and off the train easily and safely. Many station have things such as shelters, ticket sales and benches.
The busiest railway station in the world is Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan. The largest station is Nagoya Station in Nagoya, Japan. The busiest station in Europe is Clapham Junction near London in the United Kingdom.
[edit] Station facilities
Railway stations usually have either ticket booths, or ticket machines. Ticket sales can also be together with an information desk or a shop. Many stations have a shop or a kiosk. Bigger stations often have fast-food or restaurants. In some [[|country|countries]] these stations also have a bar, or a pub. Other station facilities are: toilets, left-luggage, lost-and-found, timetables, trolleys, waiting rooms, taxi ranks and bus stops.
[edit] Trivia
The Russian word for "station" is "vakzal". This is because when the first railways were to be built in Russia, some Russians travelled to England to see how railways were organized. They were taken to Vauxhall station in London, and they thought that "Vauxhall" was the English word for "station".