freight station

collocation in English

meaningsoffreightandstation

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freight
noun[U]
uk
/freɪt/us
/freɪt/
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting ...
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station
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈsteɪ.ʃən/
a building and the surrounding area where buses or trains stop for people to get on ...
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(Definition offreightandstationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffreight station

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By the 1930s, the town included afreightstation, a store, lumber yard, blacksmith shop, garage, and pool hall.
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A formerfreightstationis on the eastbound side.
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The station area also includes an olderfreightstation.
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Afreightstationwas also here, behind the station in this view facing west.
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It was built in 1873 as a passenger station and became afreightstationin the 1890s before closing in 1946.
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However, when goods arrive at a high-capacityfreightstationor port, they must then be transported to their final destination.
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The station has no passenger traffic and is used as afreightstationonly.
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It remained in use as afreightstationand saw occasional passenger services.
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The 1928freightstationremains today, being converted into a local community center.
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Afreightstationwas located a mile north of the station.
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A containerfreightstationof 3,600 m is available behind the container quay.
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An abandonedfreightstationis at the west end.
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There was a railroad passenger andfreightstation, equipped with a platform for lifting cotton into the cars.
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There was quite an operation here consisting of a passenger station, afreightstation, a pump house and an engine coaling station.
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A dedicated rail branch andfreightstationwere built for unloading the livestock.
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The oldfreightstationwas threatened with demolition in the late 1990s.
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The railroad accepted, and the first structure built at the site was afreightstation, completed in 1850.
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An integrated logistics center and central containerfreightstationare planned at the cargo village.
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An oldfreightstationjust to the north now serves for a local model railroad club.
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Thefreightstationwas almost abandoned in favor of buses, and fewer passenger trains stopped there.
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