A truck stop, known as a service station in the United Kingdom, and a travel center by major chains in the United States, is a commercial facility which provides refueling, rest (parking), and often ready-made food and other services to motorists and truck drivers. Truck stops are usually located on or near a busy road.
A Husky truck stop in Calgary in Alberta, Canada
English signs at truck stop in Laxå, Sweden.
Neste's petrol station for trucks and buses in Helsinki, Finland.
Truck stop on route between Leh and Key Monastery.
A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names include motorway service area (UK), services (UK), travel plaza, rest stop, oasis (US), service area, rest and service area (RSA), resto, service plaza, lay-by, and service centre (Canada). Facilities may include park-like areas, fuel stations, public toilets, water fountains, restaurants, and dump and fill stations for caravans / motorhomes.
Fuel dispensers at an autohof near a German autobahn in Lower Saxony. Autohöfe, just like rest areas, provide travellers a place to refuel, as well as eat, and rest.
Honshū-Shikoku contact bridge, a rest station at Great Naruto Bridge in Japan
Service Area on Motorway 7
Raststätte Bad Fischau at the Süd Autobahn in Austria