marshalling yard

English

The marshalling yard at Godorf, Cologne

Alternative forms

• marshaling yard (US)

Noun

marshalling yard (plural marshalling yards)

1. A railway yard where trains are assembled from individual carriages or goods wagons.
   • 1963 January, G. F. Fiennes, “The "Merry-go-Round" Railway - a new plan for mineral trains”, in Modern Railways, page 20:

     In passing we must glance at marshalling yards. Of course, until the unit of the country's trade is a train-load and not something less than a wagon-load, marshalling yards will continue to be a necessary evil.

Synonyms

• classification yard

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

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• Dutch: rangeerterrein (nl) n
• Finnish: järjestelyratapiha
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• French: gare de triage (fr) f
• German: Rangierbahnhof (de) m
• Polish: stacja rozrządowa f