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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
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Some goods sheds had more than one track. If one were not adjacent to the unloading platform then the method of working the second siding would be to first empty the wagons adjacent to the platform, and then open the doors on their far side to access those on the second track. Planks or portable
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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
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Goods warehouse - generally used to denote a larger goods shed, often with more than one floor. The larger size was used to store goods for longer periods. Some would be for a specific traffic.
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were closed, goods sheds along the closed branches often formed integral parts of the depots of road freight companies that replaced the railway.
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When no longer required for goods traffic goods sheds have often been converted for other uses, such as the booking office at
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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
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sheds, were provided to transfer goods between two different railways of different gauges, such as the
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or goods depot - a facility used exclusively for handling goods rather than passengers.
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Railway building designed for storing goods before or after carriage in a train
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This article is about British structures. For American structures, see
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and vice versa. The cargo was temporarily stored in the shed.
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Transit shed
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Axbridge railway station

Stroud
Gloucestershire
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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platform
crane
Paignton railway station
branch lines
New Zealand
transshipment
broad gauge
standard gauge
Great Western Railway
United Kingdom
Exeter
Didcot
pier

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