"goods station" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: goods stations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: goods station Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: freight yard Translations (Translations): godsbane [common-gender] (Danish), godsbanegård [common-gender] (Danish)

Inflected forms

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