loading bank

English
An old loading bank at Rolleston, New Zealand; the track serving it appears to have been removed.

Noun

loading bank (plural loading banks)

  1. (rail transport, UK, dated) A platform, often with a ramp at one or both ends, provided in a railway goods yard for the purpose of loading and unloading goods wagons.

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