Business consignment station - Business consignment station

...However, nowadays, facilities of this type are no longer called public stations, but are called station buildings, terminal buildings, or simply station buildings. (2) Contracted-out stations Stations have a variety of duties, such as ticket sales and ticket collection, but these stations do not have any railway staff to perform these duties, and instead outsource all of their duties to outside parties. There are many stations that outsource only a portion of their duties, such as selling commuter passes and handling luggage, to outside parties, but these stations are not called contracted-out stations.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "contracted stations" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…なお，現在ではこのような形態の施設は民衆駅と呼ばず，ステーションビル，ターミナルビル，あるいは単に駅ビル等と称されている。(2)業務委託駅　駅の業務には，乗車券の発売業務，改集札業務等諸種の業務があるが，これらの駅業務を行う鉄道職員をいっさい配置せず，全業務を部外者に委託して運営している駅をいう。駅業務のうち，例えば定期券の発売業務や，荷物の取扱業務等一部の業務のみを部外者に委託している駅も多いが，これらの駅は業務委託駅とはいわない。…

※「業務委託駅」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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