rail yard

noun

A complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.

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Meanings

nounrail yard (plural rail yards)

plural rail yards · alternative railyard

  1. A complex of branching railway lines and other infrastructure in which locomotives and rolling stock are stored and rearranged.

Origin

From rail + yard.

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Translations

Finnish ratapiha
  • ratapihacomplex of railway lines for storing, repairing and rearranging rolling stock
Swedish bangård
  • bangårdcomplex of railway lines for storing, repairing and rearranging rolling stock
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APA

rail yard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rail%20yard

MLA

“rail yard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rail%20yard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rail yard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rail%20yard.

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