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goods stations

goods stations is the plural of goods station.

Meaning of goods station

Noun

goods station (plural goods stations)

  1. A railway station where freight is loaded or unloaded from ships or road vehicles and/or where goods wagons are transferred to local sidings.
    • All through the day the collecting vans and lorries bring consignments of every description to the goods station proper, which consists of lines of rails and long platforms under cover. As fast as the packages are unloaded they are checked with the consignment notes, trundled off to weighing...1914, Ernest Protheroe, chapter 9, in The Railways of the World, London: Routledge, page 224
    Synonyms:
    freight yard

Questions about goods stations

What is goods stations the plural of?
Goods stations is the plural of goods station.

Words near goods stations in the dictionary

  1. goods carriage
  2. goods carriages
  3. goods shed
  4. goods sheds
  5. goods station
  6. goods stations
  7. goods train
  8. goods trains
  9. goods truck
  10. goods trucks
  11. goods van

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