"rail yard" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rail yards [plural]
Etymology: rail + yard Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rail|yard}} rail + yard Head templates: {{en-noun}} rail yard (plural rail yards)
  1. A complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged. Wikipedia link: rail yard Synonyms: railyard Translations (complex of railway lines for storing, repairing and rearranging rolling stock): ratapiha (Finnish), bangård [common-gender] (Swedish)

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