Goods shed
Railway building designed for storing goods before or after carriage in a train / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a type of railway structure. For a map of transit destinations accessible in a given time, see Transit shed map.
This article is about British structures. For American structures, see Freight house.
A goods shed is a railway building designed for storing goods before, after, and during loading to and unloading from a train. A typical goods shed will have a track running through it to allow goods wagons to be unloaded under cover, although sometimes they were built alongside a track with possibly just a canopy over the door. There will also be a door to move goods to or from road wagons and vans, this sometimes is parallel to the rail track, or sometimes on the side opposite the rail track. Inside the shed will generally be a platform and sometimes a small crane to allow easier loading and unloading of wagons.
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