Travel tips: Do you know why Junction, Central and Terminal are written next to the names of train stations?

The Indian Railways network is counted among the fourth largest rail networks in the world. Indian Railways is the most important means of public transport. This is one of the major reasons, why crores of passengers travel daily in Indian Railways. Indian Railways has a huge contribution to the country's economy. Passengers should not face any kind of problems while traveling on the train. Keeping this in mind, many features have been included. If you also travel by train. In such a situation, while traveling on the train, you must have seen Junction, Central and Terminal written next to the names of many stations. On the other hand, have you ever thought about why Junction, Central, and Terminal are written in front of the names of train stations? If not, then today we are going to tell you about it.

Junction
If at least three routes are passing through a station. In such a situation, that station is called a junction. For your information, let us tell you that Mathura is the most routed junction. There are a total of 7 routes here.

Central
Central Railway Station is the busiest railway station in any city. Central railway stations are quite large. If there are many stations in a state. In such a situation, there doesn't need to be a central station there.

On the other hand, if we talk about central stations in India, then there are altogether 5 central stations in the country. These include Trivandrum Central, Kanpur Central, Mangalore Central, Mumbai Central, and Chennai Central.

Terminal
The station where the railway track ends. They are called terminal stations. In such a situation, the train does not go ahead of these stations. For your information, let us tell you that Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal and Lokmanya Tilak Station are counted among the major terminal stations of the country.

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