railway terminus

Final train station

A railway terminus is a station at the end of a line, where tracks stop rather than continue through.

Trains arriving at a terminus must reverse or turn around to depart.

Major cities often have grand termini serving as architectural landmarks: Grand Central Terminal, London's Paddington.

Also called a terminal station.

Related

departures · departure board · arrivals · concourse · locomotive · steam engine · train · buffer · destination · end of the line · last stop · journey · commuters · conductor · whistle · timetable · ticket · ticket office

Opposites
station type/track configuration

railway terminusway station

Intermediate stop on route

railway junction · transit station · halt · flag stop · stopping point

position in journey/network

railway terminuspoint of origin

Where something starts

starting point · railhead

journey position

railway terminusmidpoint

Exact center between two

waypoint · stopover · starting point · departure point

Family

railway, terminus, rail, rails, railed, railing, railings, railways, railyard

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G