Union station

In the U.S., union stations are typically used by all the passenger trains serving a city,[citation needed] although exceptions exist.

[2] In most countries in Europe, throughout much of the 20th century, railways have been owned and operated by state enterprises.

"Joint stations" are often found near borders where two state-owned railway companies meet.

As another example, Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, the main station of Leipzig, originally consisted of side-by-side parts that were used by the Prussian and Saxonian Railways until the federal Deutsche Reichsbahn was founded in 1920, but were essentially two stations operated separately by the two neighbors.

"Praha-Smíchov společné nádraží" is to this day the functional name of the second station built in 1872 by the same investor near the first station Smíchov of the Pražská západní dráha (Prague Western Railroad).

"Společné nádraží" was at Železná Ruda as well, station at border Bavaria – Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Examples include the Ogden Union Railway & Depot Company, jointly owned by Southern Pacific and Union Pacific to manage the Ogden Union Station in Ogden, Utah;[6] and the Denver Terminal Railway Company, representing the Denver & Rio Grande Western, Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, Colorado & Southern and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific and the Union Pacific railways, which managed the station in Denver, Colorado.