Question

paragraph on railway

Answer 1

A railway station is a part and parcel of train communication of a country. It is a place where trains stop and start from. There is a platform here. Passengers get down and get into a train from a railway station. The buildings of a station are generally made of red bricks. One can see from a distance the green, red and bluesignal and painted houses of a station. There are waiting rooms for male and female passengers. There are ticket counter, the booking office for goods, restaurants, book stall and station master‘s room etc. There are two or more railway tracks in every station. There are two signals- one inner and the other outer. Before the arrival of a train the points man gets them down. The points man moves with his red and green flags. Before the arrival of a train passengers stand in a line to buy their tickets. When a train arrives, the station becomes busy and noisy. When a train leaves the station, it again becomes calm and quiet.

Answer 2

the big railway stations occupy a large area. Along the railway lines there are several platforms. On the main platform there is the station building. In it there are booking-offices where tickets of different classes are issued. There are offices where parcels and goods are booked and delivered. There are refreshment room, retiring rooms, and waiting rooms for passengers of each class and office-rooms for different officials of the railway department. There is also a telegraph office. There are separate waiting rooms for males and females.