This is a list of railway towns.

Armenia Gyumri

Australia Cook, South Australia Ivanhoe, New South WalesNew Desert Village Transport News September 1979 pages 7-9 Junee, New South Wales Hoyleton, South Australia Hoyleton, localista.com.au Korong Vale, Victoria Peterborough, South Australia Serviceton, Victoria Seymour, Victoria Shepparton, Victoriahttp://www.heritageaustralia.com.au/search.php?state=VIC&region=157&view=175 Heritage Australia Werris Creek, New South Wales

Bangladesh Pahartali, Chittagong Saidpur, Nilphamari

Brazil

Canada Under the provisions of the Dominion Lands Act of 1872, the railway companies had the power to survey new townsites along their rail lines, throughout Western Canada. Virtually every community in Western Canada that was created after 1870 (the majority) was directly created by the rail companies. One company, the Grand Trunk Pacific, actually began naming the new towns along its main line in alphabetical order from east to west, demonstrating the arbitrary nature of their planning powers.Lucas, Rex. A. 1971. Minetown, Milltown, Railtown; life in Canadian communities of single industry. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Czech Republic Česká Třebová - This town in Eastern Bohemia has been an important settlement for more than seven centuries but since 1849 it became a large railway hub where main lines connecting Bohemia and Moravia meet. The largest rail yard in that country is located there as well as maintenance and scrap works. České Velenice - The settlement was developed around an engine depot and railway works located on halfway between Vienna and Prague. Originally a suburb of Austrian town of Gmünd, the railway junction with its hinterland was attached to newly created Czechoslovakia after World War I and became a town of its own. Kralupy nad Vltavou - Since Middle Ages Kralupy was a tiny insignificant village on the Vltava River. Since the 1850s it became an important railway junction and centre of petrochemical industry.

Denmark Langå Aars Hvalpsund Brønderslev Struer Silkeborg Herning Skjern Esbjerg Bramming Faxe

Finland Espoo, now the second largest town in Finland Hyvinkää Jyväskylä Karis Kouvola, which has the largest marshalling yard in Finland Lahti Riihimäki

France Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Seine-Maritime Department Tergnier, Aisne Department

Germany Altenbeken Bebra Falkenberg/Elster Hamm

Hong Kong Sha Tin Tai Po Heng Fa Chuen Tung Chung LOHAS Park

India

Italy

Jordan Jordan Hejaz Railway Corporation Mafraq Amman Ma'an

Japan Japanese National Railways (JNR) had chosen 12 major railway towns officially.Asahi Shimbun March 3, 1986 evening edition The list below shows the official railway towns, but there are many other towns where town officials and residents think of their town as a railway town.

Iwamizawa, Hokkaidō - Iwamizawa engine depot and center of coal transport in Hokkaido. Oiwake, Hokkaidō - now part of Abira, Hokkaidō - Oiwake engine depot and another center of coal transport in Hokkaido. Tsuchizaki - part of Akita, Akita, Tsuchizaki engine depot and Tsuchizaki railway works. Niitsu, Niigata - now part of Niigata, Niigata. Junction of Shinetsu Main Line and Uetsu Main Line, Niitsu engine depot and Niitsu railway works. Ōmiya, Saitama - now a part of Saitama City. Junction of Tōhoku Main Line and Takasaki Line, Omiya railway works and Omiya marshalling yard. Maibara, Shiga - Junction of Tōkaidō Main Line and Hokuriku Main Line, Maibara engine depot and Maibara marshalling yard. Suita, Osaka - Suita marshalling yard, which was the largest marshalling yard in Japan. Tadotsu, Kagawa - Junction of Yosan Line and Dosan Line, Tadotsu railway works. Yonago, Tottori - Goto railway works. Tsuwano, Shimane - Tsuwano engine depot. Nōgata, Fukuoka - Center of coal transport for Chikuho coalfield. Tosu, Saga - Junction of Kagoshima Main Line and Nagasaki Main Line, Tosu engine depot and Tosu marshalling yard.

Malaysia Gemas, Negeri Sembilan - interchange between the electric line the East Coast line and the line to Johor Bahru and Singapore Pulau Sebang, Melaka - one of two railway stations in Melaka, forming a conurbation with Tampin, Negeri Sembilan across the border Batang Melaka, Melaka Sungai Buloh, Selangor - home to Malaysia's largest leprosarium Port Swettenham, Selangor - Malaysia's principal port Tanjong Malim, Perak - southernmost station in Perak state, last station of the Port Swettenham Komuter line Ipoh, Perak - capital of Perak state, former tin mining centre Taiping, Perak - Malaya's first railway line, former tin mining area Padang Besar, Perlis - northernmost station of the Malayan Railways network, on the border with Thailand Kuala Lipis, Pahang - former capital of Pahang Kuala Krai and Dabong, Kelantan Tumpat, Kelantan - last station of the East Coast branch line Segamat, Johor Kluang, Johor Tenom, Sabah - last station on the North Borneo Railway, the only railway in Borneo Sentul, Kuala Lumpur - former Central Railway Workshop of Malaya

Netherlands Ede

New Zealand Frankton

Poland Chabówka Fosowskie Herby Nowe Koluszki Węgliniec Zbąszynek Zduńska Wola Karsznice

Portugal Entroncamento, Santarém District Pinhal Novo, concelho de Palmela, Setúbal District

Russia Novosibirsk, now the 3rd largest city in Russia

Spain There are different kinds of railway towns in Spain:Domingo Cuéllar Villar, Miguel Jiménez Vega and Francisco Polo Muriel (coords.). Historia de los poblados ferroviarios en España. Ed.: Fundación de los Ferrocarriles Españoles. Madrid, 2005. Railway towns: new creation settlements which have community services (medical service, school, church...) Railway villages: new creation settlements which have no community services. Railway neighborhoods: settlements which appeared near a formerly town.

Some of them can be partial, non-entire. It means that railway activity was not the only one; it coexisted with other economic activities such as mining industry, cargo trade or customs activity.

Railway towns Almorchón, Cabeza del Buey, Province of Badajoz Linares-Baeza, Linares, Province of Jaén Fuente del Arco's station, Fuente del Arco, Province of Badajoz Moreda's station, Morelábor, Province of Granada La Encina, Villena, Province of Alicante Monfragüe's station (Plasencia-Empalme until middle 1970s; Palazuelo-Empalme until 27 May 1990), Malpartida de Plasencia, Province of Cáceres Bobadilla's station, Antequera, Province of Málaga Vadollano, Linares, Province of Jaén Espelúy's station, Espelúy, Province of Jaén Algodor, Aranjuez, Community of Madrid Arroyo-Malpartida, Cáceres, Province of Cáceres Chinchilla's station, Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón, Province of Albacete Puente de los Fierros, Lena, Asturias Maçanet-Massanes (formerly Empalme), Maçanet de la Selva and Massanes, Province of Girona

Partial railway towns Los Rosales (Tocina-Empalme until 1 August 1914), Tocina, Province of Seville Villanueva del Río y Minas, Province of Seville Canfranc's station, Canfranc, Province of Huesca Sierra Menera, Ojos Negros, Province of Teruel Barruelo de Santullán, Province of Palencia Venta de Baños, Province of Palencia Portbou, Province of Girona Prat del Pinter, Ogassa, Province of Girona Castejón, Navarre Valencia de Alcántara's station, Valencia de Alcántara, Province of Cáceres

Railway villages Doña María-Ocaña, Las Tres Villas, Province of Almería Nacimiento's station, Nacimiento, Province of Almería Roda de Barà's station, Roda de Barà, Province of Tarragona Calasparra's station, Calasparra, Region of Murcia

Partial railway villages Puerto La Laja, El Granado, Province of Huelva Mengíbar-Las Palomeras, Jabalquinto, Province of Jaén Agramón's station, Hellín, Province of Albacete Aljucén's station (Lavaderos until 15 April 1884; Puente de Aljucén until 1928), Mérida, Province of Badajoz

Railway neighborhoods Belmez's station, Bélmez, Province of Córdoba (Spain) Los Prados, Málaga, Province of Málaga La Almozara, Zaragoza, Province of Zaragoza Astorga-San Andrés, Astorga, Province of León Torralba's station, Medinaceli, Province of Soria Móra La Nova's station, Móra la Nova, Province of Tarragona Vicálvaro's station, Madrid, Community of Madrid Villabona's station, Llanera, Asturias

Partial railway neighborhoods Santa Fe-Alhama, Santa Fe de Mondújar, Province of Almería Serón's station, Serón, Province of Almería Guadix's station, Guadix, Province of Granada Sant Vicenç de Calders' station, El Vendrell, Province of Tarragona Las Matas, Las Rozas de Madrid, Community of Madrid Puerto de Sagunto, Sagunto, Province of Valencia Aldea Moret, Cáceres, Province of Cáceres

Sweden Hallsberg Nässjö, at the expense of the—at the time—larger town of Eksjö

Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima, Used to be the terminus for almost 30 years (1900 - 1930) Hatyai, The city was founded after SRT built the Hatyai Junction and it became a Financial Center of Southern Thailand.

Turkmenistan

Bereket city is originally a typical railway town. The Bereket railway station was built in 1885 followed by building Bereket city which is now an important crossroad of the Trans-Caspian Railway and North-South Transnational Railway.

United Kingdom

Ashford, Kent Battersea - now part of London; location of Clapham Junction Craven Arms Crewe Darlington Didcot Doncaster Eastleigh Newton Abbot - site of Great Western Railway Rugby, Warwickshire Sheringham Shildon Swindon Toton Willesden, together with Harlesden - now part of London Wolverton York

United States

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