The term railway platform can also mean any type of freight
platform beside a rail siding for loading/unloading freight
to/from rail cars. A tram stop is often in the middle of the
street; usually it has as a platform a refuge area of a similar
height to that of the sidewalk (eg. 10 cm), and sometimes has no
platform at all. The latter requires extra care for the boarding
and unboarding passengers and for the other traffic to avoid
accidents. Both types of tram stops can be seen in the tram
network of Melbourne. Sometimes a tram stop is served by
ordinary trams (with rather low floors) as well as metro-like
light rail vehicles with higher floors, and the tram stop is
provided with a dual height platform. An example can be found in
Amstelveen, Netherlands. Similarly a train station may be served
by heavy-rail and light-rail vehicles (with lower floors) and
also have a dual height platform. This applies for example on
the RijnGouweLijn, Netherlands. Platform types include the bay
platform, through platform, isl