GB/T 7179-2025Vocabulary for railway transport - Goods transport (English PDF)

3.1 freight station

A station that specializes in or primarily handles freight operations.

Note. This includes stations that handle the transportation, loading and unloading, delivery, transshipment, and transshipment of goods, or stations that serve dedicated lines or dedicated railway operations.

3.1.1

A station that handles freight operations and dedicated line operations for multiple types or categories of goods.

Note. They are generally located in large cities, industrial areas, or ports, where large quantities of goods are loaded and unloaded, and have large cargo yards.

3.1.2

A station that only handles freight transportation of a single type of transport or a single category of goods.

Note. This applies to stations handling bulk commodities such as coal, ore, petroleum, timber, and grain, as well as stations handling dangerous goods.

3.1.3 portstation

It primarily serves the port and can also handle the handling of intermodal freight transport between railways and waterways.

3.1.4 Frontier Station

A station that handles international rail transport and rolling stock transfer operations from one country to another via the border.

3.1.5 Transshipment Station

The station where the changing of clothes is carried out.

3.1.6 trackless station

Railway logistics operation and service outlets established in cargo distribution centers outside of railway station business premises.

3.1.7 Departure Station

Freight stations that handle cargo dispatch services.