Railway town

Settlement that was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site

Bereket (Kazandzhik) in Turkmenistan. The town originated from a railway station built in 1885. The city is now an important crossroad of the old Trans-Caspian Railway and new North-South Transnational Railway.

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