Station

Railway station. Service area, delimited by protection signals, in which train movement is regulated, through intersections and / or precedence. The station is dedicated to commercial services for access to passenger and / or freight transport, as well as to other activities related to the rolling stock usage cycle. Depending on the construction characteristics, the functions performed, the operating regimes or particular cases of train traffic activities, the station can take on different qualifications, which can be interpreted from the context or be the object of more specific definitions