Locations at which passengers only occasionally board or leave a train, sometimes consisting of a short platform and a waiting area but sometimes indicated by no more than a sign, are variously referred to as stops, flag stops, halts, or provisional stopping places.
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A train station or railway station (also called a railroad station, rail station, or depot) is a place where passengers of rail transport can get on and off trains and/or goods may be loaded or unloaded.
While on train there are both stations and stops. A station is mostly a building where you can buy tickets and wait and eat and keep your luggage while a stop can be just a platform or a small house and a platform. Usually it's much smaller than a station!
Both are structures that contain platforms or ramps where people and goods can be loaded onto trains. Terminals allow travel in only one direction eg.either into or away from the platform.Stations are structures that allow loading and the train can proceed in either direction.
Most early American railroads were designed by English engineers who brought with them expertise, equipment, and a left-side tradition. This is most likely why the theory arose that they were responsible for our left-handed system. However, the first double-track designs in the East were American style.