Station Emoji

Travel

A side-profile graphic of a commuter train stopped at a platform. The train car is usually white or silver with dark windows, positioned along a straight track to indicate a brief pause in transit.

Usage Context

This emoji is the go-to for signaling your location during a commute, coordinating meetups at transit hubs, or discussing public transportation woes. It’s frequently used alongside 🚆 to show a train in motion or 🚇 when referring specifically to underground subway systems.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2010 as part of Emoji 1.0, this icon was derived from early Japanese mobile carrier sets. It was designed to help urban commuters quickly text their arrival status at major railway terminals before the widespread use of real-time GPS tracking apps.

Details

Glyph

🚉

Unicode

U+1F689

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f689:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDE89;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-ground

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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