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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 front was but an arcaded screen wall, with two giant semi-circular windows indicating the train sheds behind (Fig.
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
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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.
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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).
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While a prominent six-story clock tower on the company headquarters is reminiscent of grand old train stations, generous landscaping, replete with indigenous plants, encircles the train shed plaza deck and gives the lush site a mall appearance.
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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.
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A unique feature of the Pennsylvania Convention Center is the historically-certified Reading Terminal train shed which opened in 1994.
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The huge stone head house once boasted a hotel, restaurants, shops, and offices; the gigantic open train shed spanned 31 tracks and covered nearly 11-1/2 acres.
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