Definition: Railway station

Category: Transport

A railway establishment which is either open or not to the public, generally staffed and which is designed fo 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. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED