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train shed

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train shed [′trān ‚shed]
(civil engineering)
A structure to protect trains from weather.
The part of a railroad station that covers the tracks.


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The brief called for a train shed that can accommodate two trains, some 80 parking places for commuter cars and a lot of bicycles.
Built over the Metro North train shed at Grand Central Terminal, the octagonal skyscraper features a cafeteria, dining facilities, 450-seat auditorium, broadcast studio, fitness facility and, in addition, eight trading floors.
Agate, president of Alliance, has long been a part of the real estate scene in Philadelphia, having worked during the early 1980s on the transformation of the Reading Terminal train shed on Market Street into today's convention complex.
 
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