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What is a Goods Station?  
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Aug 04 2011 (21:51)
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What is a Goods Station?

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ThE_bOsS^~   Added by: RoshanS  Aug 04 2011 (21:51)
Q. What is Good's Station???????
Ans. Goods or freight stations deal exclusively or predominantly with the loading and unloading of goods and may well have marshalling yards (classification yards) for the sorting of wagons. The world's first Goods terminal was the Park Lane railway goods station at the South End Liverpool Docks. Built in 1830 the terminal was accessed by a 1.25 mile tunnel.
As goods have been increasingly moved by road, many former goods stations, as well as the goods sheds at passenger stations, have closed. In addition, many goods stations today
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are used purely for the cross-loading of freight and may be known as transshipment stations. Where they primarily handle containers they are also known as container stations or terminals.
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