What do Central, Terminal, and Junction mean in Indian Railway System???? Most often, the oldest station in a city is named Central. Central is the busiest and the most important of multiple stations in a city. Centrals are usually huge in size and trains departing or arriving run on almost every route in the country. Terminal literally translates to the termination. In the context of a railway station, it is the termination of the track, where each incoming track ends at stop-blocks and does no