Definition: Stoppages is a concept in railway transportation that refers to the number of vehicles passing through a given station during a given time period. This value can be calculated by adding up all the cars or trucks passing through a particular station over a specific time frame, which is usually considered as an hour. For example, if there are 100 cars passing through a station in one hour and another station has 50 cars passing through it in the same period, then the total number of stoppages