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For other uses, see Central Station (disambiguation).
A late nineteenth century photochrom of Amsterdam Centraal in the Netherlands

A central station usually designates the principal passenger railway station of cities which have multiple stations. The central station functions as the main transport hub for rail transport, normally with interchange with other modes of public transport. Certain services, such as intercity of high-speed routes make their only stop in the city at the central station, while commuter services may serve all stations in the city. A central station may be a terminal station, with all services ending at the station, or may permit through services.

Names and Stations

Europe

Non-English language names for central or main station:

  • Централна гара (tsentralna gara) in Bulgarian
  • Hauptbahnhof (abbreviated Hbf or HB) in German
  • Stazione Centrale in Italian
  • Gare centrale in French
  • Glavni kolodvor (abbreviated Gl. kol.) in Croatian
  • hlavní nádraží (abbreviated hl. n.) in Czech
  • Centraal Station (abbreviated formerly as CS and currently as Centraal) in Dutch
  • Dworzec Główny in Polish
  • Főpályaudvar (abbreviated főpu.) in Hungarian
  • sentralstasjon in Norwegian
  • centralstation (abbreviated central or C) in Swedish
  • hovedbanegård in Danish

United Kingdom

Railway stations in Britain using the suffix 'Central' often do not refer to a centrally located station, and many of these cannot be said to be 'principal' stations, and are merely called Central to distinguish them from other stations called North, South, East or West, or for reasons of prestige. In some cases, a station that was originally owned by the Great Central Railway in locations served by more than one station were called 'Central'. 'Town' is also a suffix used, as for example Edenbridge Town, used to distinguish it from Edenbridge station.

One of the few 'principal' stations in the UK that is called 'Central' and truly is in the centre of the city it serves is Glasgow Central station; although Glasgow was once served by four 'principal' terminus stations, all within the city centre, only one was called 'Central'. Likewise, Cardiff Central is located in the city centre and is the mainline hub of South Wales' rail network which includes 19 other stations in Cardiff itself, one of which is another principal city centre station, Cardiff Queen Street.

Netherlands

There are five stations designated as "central stations" in the Netherlands.

Belgium

There are only three stations as "central stations"

Poland

There is only one "central" station in Poland. The main train station in Warsaw uses this suffix. All the main train stations in other cities tend to use the suffix "Główny" (meaning "main") or one of its derivatives.

Germany, Austria and Switzerland

In German-speaking countries, the general term for a central station is "Hauptbahnhof", literally meaning "Main Station" but mostly translated as "Central Station"

Germany

As at 4 October 2010, the Deutsche Bahn's Bahnhöfe in Deutschland website (German language only) designated Berlin Hauptbahnhof[1] and 119 other stations in Germany[2] as having the status of Hauptbahnhof. Those stations were:

Austria

All central stations in Austria:

Switzerland

Sweden

Denmark

There are only two stations:

Norway

Italy

Portugal

America

North America

Main article: Union station

A union station is a central station that in the past served more than one railway company. This is most commonly used in North America, where in some cities a single station would serve several private railway companies. This is no longer the case, as the government-funded Amtrak took over the operation of all intercity passenger rail in the 1970's and 1980's. The term was also used in Europe prior to the nationalization of railway companies.

See also: List of union stations

United States

Canada

See also: List of union stations

South America

Asia

Central stations in Malaysia are called Sentral, which is the Malay spelling for the English word central.

India


Israel

Hong Kong

Australia

Notes

  1. ^ "Bahnhöfe in Deutschland - Ergebnisse Bahnhofsname hauptbahnhof [Stations in Germany - results for hauptbahnhof]". Deutsche Bahn website. Deutsche Bahn. http://www.bahnhof.de/site/bahnhoefe/de/bahnhofssuche__deutschland/bahnhofssuche/bahnhofsdaten__filter.html?c210230=hauptbahnhof&x=0&y=0. Retrieved 3 October 2010.  (German)
  2. ^ "Bahnhöfe in Deutschland - Ergebnisse Bahnhofsname hbf [Stations in Germany - results for hbf]". Deutsche Bahn website. Deutsche Bahn. http://www.bahnhof.de/site/bahnhoefe/de/bahnhofssuche__deutschland/bahnhofssuche/bahnhofsdaten__filter.html?c210230=hbf. Retrieved 3 October 2010.  (German)
  3. ^ This station now serves Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and the Long Island Rail Road; Grand Central Terminal serves Metro-North. Other important hubs in the area include Hoboken Terminal, Jamaica Station, Pennsylvania Station (Newark), and Secaucus Junction.
  4. ^ Suburban Station and Market East Station are also hubs in that city, connected by an underground railway corridor; however, 30th Street serves Amtrak as well as SEPTA, whereas the others don't.
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