train shed
See also: trainshed
English
Alternative forms
Noun
train shed (plural train sheds)
- (rail transport) A building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 79:
- As David Leboff points out in London Underground Stations, it is the giant train shed [at Earl's Court] with its iron and glass roof that gives the station its 'main line railway feel'.
Synonyms
- overall roof
Related terms
- tramshed, tram shed
Translations
References
- “train shed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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