Paragraph | A Railway Station | For Class 9-12
A Railway Station
A railway station is 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 blue signal 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 pointsman gets them down. The pointsman moves with his red and green flags. There are stands for rickshaws, auto-rickshaws and other vehicles in a railway station.. 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.
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1. What is a railway station?
Answer: A place where trains stop for people to get on and off.
2. What does a railway station look like?
Answer: It has buildings (often red), train tracks, and signal lights.
3. What can you find at a railway station?
Answer: Waiting rooms, ticket counters, restaurants, a bookstore, and the station master's office.
4. What are the signals at a railway station for?
Answer: They tell the train driver if it's safe to come into the station or to leave.
5. Who works at a railway station?
Answer: A pointsman (who controls the signals), people who sell tickets, and a station master.
6. What happens before a train arrives?
Answer: People line up to buy tickets and the pointsman gets the signals ready.
7. What kind of vehicles are at a railway station?
Answer: Rickshaws, auto-rickshaws, and other vehicles to take people away.
8. What does a railway station sound like when a train comes?
Answer: Busy and noisy!
9. What does a railway station sound like after a train leaves?
Answer: Quiet.
10. Why are railway stations important?
Answer: They help people travel by train from place to place.