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Classification of railway station according to their functional characteristics
Way side station
Junction station
Terminal station
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2. Way side station
Station having an arrangement only for crossing up & down train & for overtaking a slow moving train by fast train.
Types of station
Halt station
Flat station
Crossing station

3. Halt station
Stopping place
No building and staff

4. Flat station
Similar to halt station but in this station building & staff are provided
Also have facility telegraph,

5. Crossing station
Facility are provided for crossing up & down train provided with one loop line
Type
Crossing type way side
Crossing type way side station on double line track
Crossing type way side station on triple line track

6. Junction station
It have some special arrangement to fulfill following requirement
To facilitate the interchange of traffic between main & branch line
To clean & repair railway, locomotive etc
To change the direction of engine

7. Junction station

8. Terminal station
The station at which railway line terminate or ends is known as terminal station

9. Station yard
A system of track laid within prescribed limits on a railway station , over which movements of train are not authorized by the time tble is known as station yard

10. Classification of station yard
Passenger bogie yard
Good yard
Locomotive yard
Marshalling yard

11. Passenger bogie yard
Provide facility for safe movement of passenger and bogies

12. Good yard
It provide facility for receiving, loading unloading &delivery of goods

13. Locomotive yard
It provide facilities for watering, repairing, oiling , cleaning of locomotive.

14. Marshalling yard
The yard where trains & other loads are received, sorted out stations wise & new trains are formed and despatched onward are known as marshalling yard

15. Function of Marshalling yard
Reception of empty & loaded wagons
Sorting of wagons
Departure of wagons in the form of train

16. Water column
They are provided for feeding the water to stem locomotive.
It will situated at the end of the platform so that engine of running trains can take water when heating
They may installed on ash pits so that the engine may remove their ash simultaneously while taking water
At important stations two or more water column are provided

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