A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.
Bereket (Kazandzhik) in Turkmenistan. The town originated from a railway station built in 1885. The city is now an important crossroad of the old Trans-Caspian Railway and new North-South Transnational Railway.
Prairie railway town (model)
A company town is a place where practically all stores and housing are owned by the one company that is also the main employer. Company towns are often planned with a suite of amenities such as stores, houses of worship, schools, markets and recreation facilities.
The town of Siedlung Eisenheim in Oberhausen, Germany
Company town Burg in Bayreuth, Germany
Pullman in the late 19th century
An example of houses at Port Sunlight, England