Main Inspection At The Vatican Station. A train at the Vatican station is carefully checked by the assistant station master and Vatican constable, to ensure that only authorized goods are unloaded with in the Vatican. To most people, the Vatican means the residence of the Pope, and perhaps the St. Peter's Basilion. Very few realize how much work and administration is required to make the Vatican a self contained unit as it really is. Among the most important Vatican utilities is the railway system owing to its immediate and necessary contacts with the outside world. The station is manned by a station master with two assistants, who enjoy Vatican immunity. October 1, 1947.