Regardless of whether you refer by the term Railroad Stations or Railway Stations they are still basically a place where trains load or unload passengers and/or goods.

In past years railroad stations handled a mix of passenger traffic and goods traffic, but these days they mainly serve passenger traffic. Goods on the railroads are now transported in containers which are handled at special container depots.

If you are planning on adding a railroad station to your model layout you could consider buying a ready built model, or buying a kitset model, or scratching building the railroad station yourself.
Some railroad stations, particularly in the United Kingdom, have NO station building or shelter on the platform. However, in most instances a railroad station has both a platform to allow the passengers to get on and off the trains safely, and a station building(s) or passenger shelter.

If you are adding a train station to your model railroad layout you could consider adding some of these common features:

• A Platform or Platforms
• A Ticket Office
• Waiting Rooms
• A Restaurant
• Restrooms (toilet block)
• A Station Footbridge
• Platform Lights
• Benches
• A Telephone Box
• Advertising Signs
• Platform Fencing
• Platform Steps
• Loading Bay Platforms
• A Signal Box

To add interest and realism you might also want to include:

• Sitting and standing People
• Station Directional Signs
• Passengers Luggage
• Trolleys etc.

More ideas on building train stations.

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