High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A train station, also referred to as a railway station (in most forms of English including British English, Australian English, Indian English, etc.) or a railroad station (in US English) and often shortened to just station, is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight. It generally consists of a platform next to the track and a station building (depot) providing related services such as ticket sales and waiting rooms. If a station is on a single track main line, it usually has a passing loop to facilitate the traffic. The smallest stations are most often referred to as `stops` or, in some parts of the world, as `halts` (flag stops).