railroad hub
Central rail station
A railroad hub is a central station or city where multiple rail lines converge, allowing passengers and freight to transfer between routes.
Major hubs historically shaped urban growth and commerce: Chicago became the nation's railroad hub in the nineteenth century.
The term extends to any central switching point in a rail network.
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- depotVehicle storage facility
- union stationMajor city train depot
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- roundhouseCircular train maintenance building
junction · marshalling yard · platform · trade center · steam engine · iron horse · freight handling · station · interchange · dispatching · scheduling · switch · locomotive · turntable · distribution network · coordination · train shed · trunk line
- Illinois historyAbraham Lincoln, Chicago, Springfield, Chicago Fire, Great Chicago Fire
- Alabama HistoryMontgomery, Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery bus boycott, Martin Luther King Jr.
- Columbia SCColumbia, Midlands, USC, statehouse, capital city
- ShreveportShreveport, Red River, state fair, Highland, Southwood
railroad hubwhistle stop
Small rural station
flag stop · way station · local stop · terminus · ghost station
railroad hubseaport
Coastal city with docks
airport hub · bus terminal · river port · shipping port · harbor