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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It describes how, with the help of Robert Stephenson, Dobson designed the station's huge train shed, comprised of three arched glass roofs.

Taking Central stage; A wonder of the Railway Age which has welcomed millions to Newcastle is in the spotlight, as TONY HENDERSON reports

The plan was simple: two parallel arched train sheds, one for departures, the other for arrivals.

Architecture: with its elegant simplicity, King's Cross Station has always offered a bold contrast to the flamboyant gothic of its St Pancras neighbour. Its recent modernisation is triumphantly in keeping with the original terminus building

The June 10 to 12 festival will have three stages - one at Oxenhope Train Shed, one at Keighley Worth Valley Railway Station and one on a moving steam locomotive.

On track for Rock & Rail

Ms Kaye said: "Much has changed for Liverpool on the station since its days as a wooden train shed in 1836.

First class improvements put Lime Street on track; Virgin Trains in talks to build on station facelift

Following the ceremony, family and friends gathered at the Union Station Train Shed for an evening of spectacular food and dancing, with music provided by The Syndicate Band of Birmingham, Alabama.

Brendle Graham

Nicholas Grimshaw's reworking of the train shed for the Channel Tunnel services at Waterloo station in London (with engineer Tony Hunt) produced a more elegant interpretation of the type than anything seen since the nineteenth century (AR September 1993).

Urban dilemmas: Prussian Rationalism, French folies de grandeur, Catalonian civility, Norwegian urbanity

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.

New Bear Stearns building wins BOMA award

A unique feature of the Pennsylvania Convention Center is the historically-certified Reading Terminal train shed which opened in 1994.

COC to take place in award-winning convention center

Beneath the train shed is a brick undercroft with intersecting tunnel vaults which used to support six platforms above street level.

Then & now Manchester Central; Welcome to Then and Now, where each week we compare images of Manchester streets, landmarks and buildings from bygone days with how they look now

For this is the northwestern part of the existing train shed in the project "SBB Olten, 3x150m demolished and rebuilt.

Northwestern part of the existing train shed

From someone's living room to a gift shop, to a castle to a launderette, they've all been special in their own way but my favourite has to be a train shed.

Shed loads of talent on the bill; TANFIELD RAILWAY HOSTS AN EVENING OF LIVE MUSIC TO CELEBRATE MUSEUMS AT NIGHT AND SARAH JEFFERY WAS THERE

He often makes work in public or unconventional spaces - from a glasshouse to a graveyard, train shed to cupboard.

Play without actors, stage or audience; PREVIEW: Susurrus, Margam Park, Port Talbot