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A service station or "servo" is the terminology often used in Australia, along with petrol station, to describe any facility where motorists can refuel their cars. In New Zealand a filling station is often referred to as a service station, petrol station or garage, even though it may not offer mechanical repairs or assistance with dispensing fuel.
Service station may refer to: Filling station, a gasoline or petrol station. Automobile repair shop, a place where automobiles are repaired. Service centre or rest area, a public facility on motorways or controlled-access highways for resting or refuelling. Motorway service area, a rest area in the United Kingdom. Service centre or truck stop.
A flight service station ( FSS) [1] is an air traffic facility that provides information and services to aircraft pilots before, during, and after flights, but unlike air traffic control (ATC), is not responsible for giving instructions or clearances or providing separation. They do, however, relay clearances from ATC for departure or approaches.
Raststätte(de:Autobahnraststätte) is the name for service areas on the German and Austrian Autobahn. They often include a fuel station, public phones, restaurants, restrooms, parking and, occasionally, a hotel or a motel. If the service area is off the motorway, it is named Rasthofor Autohof.
A Chery A1 undergoing regular maintenance at a service garage in Ukraine. An automobile repair shop (also known regionally as a garage or a workshop) is an establishment where automobiles are repaired by auto mechanics and technicians. The customer interface is typically a service advisor, traditionally called a service writer.
Glossary of rail transport terms. Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in the ...
Cursus publicus. The cursus publicus ( Latin : "the public way"; Ancient Greek: δημόσιος δρόμος, dēmósios drómos) was the state mandated and supervised courier and transportation service of the Roman Empire, [1] [2] whose use continued into the Eastern Roman Empire. It was a system based on obligations placed on private persons ...
Motorway service area. Motorway service areas in the United Kingdom and Ireland, also known as services or service stations, are rest areas where drivers can leave a motorway to refuel/recharge, rest, eat and drink, shop or stay in an on-site overnight hotel. The vast majority of motorway services in the UK are owned by one of three companies ...