Train station
![Broad Green station, Liverpool, shown in 1962, opened in 1830, is the oldest station site in the world still in use as a passenger station.](/Images/godic/202501/18/Broad_Green_Station_19123205000.jpg")
![Baker Street station, London, opened in 1863, was the world's first station to be completely underground. Its original part, seen here, is just below the surface and was constructed by cut-and-cover.](/Images/godic/202501/18/BakerStreetOriginalPlatforms18635000.jpg")
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![Liverpool Lime Street Station's frontage resembles a château and is the world's oldest used terminus](/Images/godic/202501/18/North_Western_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_10003045000.jpg")
A railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight. Contemporary informal usage in a number of English-speaking countries also embraces the more recent term train station.