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Service station may refer to: Filling station, a gasoline or petrol station. Automobile repair shop, a place where automobiles are repaired. Service centre or rest area, a public facility on motorways or controlled-access highways for resting or refuelling. Motorway service area, a rest area in the United Kingdom. Service centre or truck stop.
Raststätte (de:Autobahnraststätte) is the name for service areas on the German and Austrian Autobahn. They often include a fuel station, public phones, restaurants, restrooms, parking and, occasionally, a hotel or a motel. If the service area is off the motorway, it is named Rasthof or Autohof.
A flight service station (FSS) [1] is an air traffic facility that provides information and services to aircraft pilots before, during, and after flights, but unlike air traffic control (ATC), is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances or providing separation. They do, however, relay clearances from ATC for departure or approaches ...
Motorway service area. Motorway service areas (MSA) also known as services or service stations, are rest areas in the UK and Ireland where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop, use the toilet or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. They are also a safe refuge for drivers who break down alongside leaving at a ...
A service station or "servo" is the terminology often used in Australia, along with petrol station, to describe any facility where motorists can refuel their cars. In New Zealand a filling station is often referred to as a service station, petrol station or garage, even though it may not offer mechanical repairs or assistance with dispensing fuel.
The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies: Moto, Welcome Break and Roadchef and a developing chain of stations being constructed by Extra. Some of the 94 service areas on this list are on major A-roads rather than motorways. These share the defining properties of motorway service areas, being named ...
A train, usually a passenger service, that runs back and forth, usually over a relatively short distance, such as between a junction station and a branch-line terminus. Side tank A tank locomotive with water tanks mounted each side of the boiler Siding A section of track off the main line. Sidings are often used for storing rolling stock or ...
Truck stop. A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, [1] and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motorists and truck drivers. Truck stops are usually located on or near a busy road.