Meaning of goods yard | Babel Free

Definitions

An area associated with a railway station where freight is loaded and unloaded.

Examples

“Kim led to the fort-like railway station, black in the end⟳ of night; the electrics sizzling over the goods-yard where they handle⟳ the heavy Northern traffic.”

“After marching into a goods yard beyond the station and halting beside a train⟳, the manacled prisoners were pushed into cattle-trucks […]”

“Here the line is joined by the Colne Valley branch, and both tracks are carried into Haverhill station upon a high embankment from which the town can be seen on the south side. The twin tracks, after traversing a scissors crossover, become⟳ the down and up roads through the station, which possesses an extensive goods yard.”

“At the western perimeter the old railway station with its busy goods yards has become⟳ a bleak coach terminal: no bustle, no people, just an empty space and a timetable.”

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