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What are the parts of a train station called?

It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station building providing such ancillary services as ticket sales, waiting rooms, and baggage/freight service. If a station is on a single-track line, it often has a passing loop to facilitate traffic movements.



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Carriage is the entire train car, not just the interior, so that's not the right word. Compartment and cabin would both work. The difference between the two words is that a cabin is meant for people, while a compartment could be for people, or for other things like baggage.

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Pantographs with overhead wires are now the dominant form of current collection for modern electric trains because, although more fragile than a third rail system, they allow the use of higher voltages.

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There are 10 compartments in passenger train carries on average 15 passengers per compartment.

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A buffer stop, bumper, bumping post, bumper block or stopblock (US), is a device to prevent railway vehicles from going past the end of a physical section of track.

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The station has two lines is called a Crossing station.

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