Meanings
plural train sheds · alternative trainshed
- rail transportA building, adjacent to a railway station building, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof.
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'.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 79Synonyms: overall roof
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA building, adjacent to a railway station building, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof.
Translations
Danish banegårdshal
- banegårdshala building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof
Dutch stationskap
- stationskapa building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof
German Bahnhofshalle
- Bahnhofshallea building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof
Hungarian csarnok
- csarnoka building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof
Polish hala peronowa
- hala peronowaa building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof
Swedish banhall, stationshall
- banhalla building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof
- stationshalla building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof
Cite this entry
train shed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/train%20shed
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