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A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight. It generally consists of at least one track-side platform and a station building (depot) providing such ancillary services as ticket sales and waiting rooms. If a station is on a single-track line, it often has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements. The smallest stations are most often referred to as "stops" or, in some parts of the world, as "halts" (flag stops). Stations may be at ground level, underground, or elevated. Connections may be available to intersecting rail lines or other transport modes such as buses, trams or other rapid transit systems. == Terminology == In the United States, the most common term in contemporary usage is ''train station''. ''Railway station'' and ''railroad station'' are less frequent;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Google Books Ngram Viewer. American English Corpus )〕 also, American usage makes a distinction between the terms ''railroad'' and ''railway''. In Britain, traditional usage favours ''railway station'' or simply ''station'', even though ''train station'', which is often perceived as an Americanism, is now about as common as ''railway station'' in writing; ''railroad station'' is not used, ''railroad'' being obsolete there.〔 〕〔 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Google Books Ngram Viewer. British English Corpus ) 〕 In British usage, the word ''station'' is commonly understood to mean a railway station unless otherwise qualified. In North America, the term ''depot'' is commonly used as an alternative name for ''station'', along with the compound forms ''train depot'', ''railway depot'', and ''railroad depot'', but also applicable for buses and other vehicles, especially in rural areas where it might be understood as a direct equivalent to ''stop'' or ''halt''. Outside of North America, a ''depot'' is "() place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「train station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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