Railway town

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A railway town is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.

Examples include

Contents 1 United States 2 Canada 3 England 4 Germany 5 See also

[edit] United States

• Atlanta, Georgia, at one time named Terminus because it was the terminal of the Western and Atlantic Railroad
• Davis, California
• Etowah, Tennessee
• Sacramento, California
• Woodland, California

[edit] Canada

• Cochrane, Ontario
• Field, British Columbia

[edit] England

• Crewe
• Eastleigh
• Haywards Heath
• Newton Abbot - site of Great Western Railway
• Middlesbrough - grew from insignificance to becoming a major port after the railways came
• Sheringham
• Swindon
• Wolverton

[edit] Germany

• Altenbeken
• Hamm

[edit] See also

• Crossroads village