rail hub
Track convergence point
A rail hub is a central point where multiple railway lines converge, allowing passengers or freight to transfer between routes.
Major cities often serve as rail hubs, with trains arriving from and departing to numerous destinations: Chicago has long been America's premier rail hub.
The term applies to both passenger stations and freight yards where cargo is sorted and redirected.
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- Grand CentralMajor Manhattan rail station
- depotsStations or storehouses
- tracksMarks showing passage
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
freight · junctions · cargo · loading dock · scheduling · locomotive · platforms · dispatching · intermodal · marshalling · yards · freight yard · sidings · Amtrak · timetables · turntable · electrification · bridges
- portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
- train stationstrain, track, tracks, platform, platforms
- transit hubsairport, airport terminal, airports, train station, train stations
- freight railfreight train, freight car, boxcar, boxcars, hopper car
- strategic locationschokepoint, strait, mountain pass, isthmus, bridgehead
- hubsurban center, urban core, capital city, national capital, regional capital