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

Examples include

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

Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb  - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City  132. ... The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad that runs from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... Davis is a city in Yolo County, California, United States. ... Etowah is a city located in McMinn County, Tennessee. ... Nickname: River City Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Government  - Mayor Heather Fargo Area  - City  99. ... Woodland Court House, California Woodland is the county seat of Yolo County, California. ...

Canada

• Cochrane, Ontario
• Field, British Columbia

Cochrane, Ontario, Canada is a northern Ontario town situated on Highway 11. ... Front entrance to the townsite Field (51° 23′ 48″ N 116° 29′ 9″ W) is a town of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia, Canada within the confines of Yoho National Park. ...

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

Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... This article is about the town in Hampshire. ... Statistics Population: 22,800 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ335245 Administration District: Mid Sussex Shire county: West Sussex Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: West Sussex Historic county: Sussex Services Police force: {{{Police}}} Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and... Location within the British Isles Newton Abbot is a market town in Devon , England on the River Teign, with a population of 23,580 (2001 census). ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... Middlesbrough is a large town in the North East of England, and is the principal location in the borough of Middlesbrough. ... Sheringham from the mound Sheringham is a seaside town (population 7143[1]) in Norfolk, England, west of Cromer. ... For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... Wolverton is a town in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. ...

Germany

• Altenbeken
• Hamm

Altenbeken is a village and a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hamm Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

See also

• Crossroads village