# Station Stop

URL: https://irs.systems/en/docs/ltt/documentation/ltt-gui-manual/teststand/customsteptypes/stationstop

In your testplan you can place a **LTT Station Stop** whenever you want to **actively stop the test execution** of this station. Of all [stop criteria](/en/docs/ltt/documentation/ltt-gui-manual/teststand/processmodel/orderofexecution#stop-conditions), this is the only active one, where you, the testplan developer, decide when to stop. That's also the reason why a station stop is usually accompanied with a step precondition.

![TS Req Stop](/docs/assets/ltt/assets/ts-req-stop.png)

Normally, there is rarely a need to actively stop a test from within the testplan. However, if you do so, be aware that the station stop does the same as if a user would have pressed F1 or F8. You still need a [check for stop](/en/docs/ltt/documentation/ltt-gui-manual/teststand/customsteptypes/checkstop) step hierarchy to actually stop the execution.