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A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area 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).

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The first stations had little in the way of BUILDINGS or amenities. The first stations in the modern sense were on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, opened in 1830.[15] Manchester's Liverpool Road Station, the second oldest terminal station in the world, is preserved as part of the MUSEUM of Science and Industry in Manchester. It resembles a row of GEORGIAN houses.

Early stations were sometimes built with both passenger and goods facilities, though some railway lines were goods-only or passenger-only, and if a line was dual-purpose there would often be a goods depot APART from the passenger station.[16]