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Station clock, the Glossary

A station clock is a clock at a railway station that provides a standard indication of time to both passengers and railway staff.^[1]

20 relations: Clock, Clock face, Clock tower, Concourse, Deutsche Bahn, Electric clock, Gare de Lyon, Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Hans Hilfiker, Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof, London King's Cross railway station, London Waterloo station, Railway platform, Railway time, Split-flap display, Standard time, Swiss Federal Railways, Swiss railway clock, Train shed, Train station.
Railway stations

Clock

A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. Station clock and clock are clocks.

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A clock face is the part of an analog clock (or watch) that displays time through the use of a flat dial with reference marks, and revolving pointers turning on concentric shafts at the center, called hands.

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Clock tower

Clock towers are a specific type of structure that house a turret clock and have one or more clock faces on the upper exterior walls. Station clock and clock tower are clocks.

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Concourse

A concourse is a place where pathways or roads meet, such as in a hotel, a convention center, a railway station, an airport terminal, a hall, or other space. Station clock and concourse are railway stations.

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Deutsche Bahn

The Deutsche Bahn AG (abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany, and a state-owned enterprise under the control of the German government.

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Electric clock

An electric clock is a clock that is powered by electricity, as opposed to a mechanical clock which is powered by a hanging weight or a mainspring.

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Gare de Lyon

The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon, is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris, France.

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Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (abbrev. Hamburg Hbf), or Hamburg Central Railway Station in English, is the main railway station of the city of Hamburg, Germany.

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Hans Hilfiker

Hans Hilfiker (15 September 1901 – 2 March 1993) was a Swiss engineer and designer.

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Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof

Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof (commonly known as Heidelberg Hbf) is the main railway station for the city of Heidelberg.

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London King's Cross railway station

King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.

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London Waterloo station

Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Railway platform

A railway platform is an area alongside a railway track providing convenient access to trains. Station clock and railway platform are railway stations.

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Railway time

Railway time was the standardised time arrangement first applied by the Great Western Railway in England in November 1840, the first recorded occasion when different local mean times were synchronised and a single standard time applied.

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Split-flap display

A split-flap display, or sometimes simply a flap display, is a digital electromechanical display device that presents changeable alphanumeric text, and occasionally fixed graphics.

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Standard time

Standard time is the synchronization of clocks within a geographical region to a single time standard, rather than a local mean time standard.

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Swiss Federal Railways

Swiss Federal Railways (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB; Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, CFF; Ferrovie federali svizzere, FFS) is the national railway company of Switzerland.

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Swiss railway clock

The Swiss railway clock was designed in 1944 by Hans Hilfiker, a Swiss engineer and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) employee, together with, a Swiss clock manufacturer, for use by the SBB as a station clock.

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Train shed

A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof.

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Train station

A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. Station clock and train station are railway stations.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_clock