A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof. It is also known as an overall roof. Its primary purpose is to store and protect from the elements train cars not in use, The first train shed was built in 1830 at Liverpool's Crown Street Station.
The earliest train sheds were wooden structures, often with unglazed openings to allow smoke and steam to escape. The oldest part of Bristol Temple Meads is a particularly fine – and large – example, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with mock-hammerbeam roof.
The middle of the nineteenth century saw many large stations covered by iron, steel and glass train sheds, inspired by The Crystal Palace at The Great Exhibition in 1851. The best have been described as "like cathedrals" and feature curved roofs; other structures have pitched roofs.
Surviving examples of curved roof train sheds include:
Waterloo International (across the foreground) with the older Waterloo station beyond (June 2004)
After many years with few, if any, significant new train sheds, recent years have seen some major stations given graceful train sheds by using modern technology.
Jefferson Station, Philadelphia, United States (while station is located underground, it has above-ground structures for the purpose of sheltering the platforms and trains)
In North America tram cars, there called streetcars or trolleys, are sometimes stored in structures called car barns or car houses. These buildings are usually enclosed and provide cover for trams from the elements.
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For other uses see Motive power depot and Goods shed This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Train shed news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message A train shed is a building adjacent to a station building where the tracks and platforms of a railway station are covered by a roof It is also known as an overall roof Its primary purpose is to store and protect from the elements train cars not in use The first train shed was built in 1830 at Liverpool s Crown Street Station Inside Isambard Kingdom Brunel s wooden train shed at Bristol Temple MeadsThe biggest train sheds were often built as an arch of glass and iron while the smaller were built as normal pitched roofs The train shed with the biggest single span ever built was that at the second Philadelphia Broad Street Station built in 1891 Contents 1 Types of train shed 1 1 Early wooden train sheds 1 2 Classic metal and glass 1 3 Concrete 1 4 Modern steel and glass 1 5 Open air canopy 2 Car barn 3 See also 4 ReferencesTypes of train shed editEarly wooden train sheds edit nbsp Ashburton Devon England United Kingdom now closed The earliest train sheds were wooden structures often with unglazed openings to allow smoke and steam to escape The oldest part of Bristol Temple Meads is a particularly fine and large example designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with mock hammerbeam roof Surviving examples include Ashburton Devon England station closed Bo ness Falkirk Scotland Frome Somerset England Kingswear Devon England Thurso Highland Scotland Wick Highland ScotlandClassic metal and glass edit nbsp Frankfurt GermanyThe middle of the nineteenth century saw many large stations covered by iron steel and glass train sheds inspired by The Crystal Palace at The Great Exhibition in 1851 The best have been described as like cathedrals and feature curved roofs other structures have pitched roofs Surviving examples of curved roof train sheds include Amsterdam Centraal Netherlands Antwerpen Centraal Belgium Bath Green Park railway station England converted to covered market and car park nbsp Bangkok Thailand Bangkok Thailand Barcelona Estacio de Franca Catalonia Spain Brighton England Bristol Temple Meads England Copenhagen Central Station Denmark Darlington Bank Top England Frankfurt Main Hauptbahnhof Germany Glasgow Queen Street Scotland Hull Paragon England nbsp Newcastle Central Tyne and Wear England United KingdomGare de Lille Flandres France Koln Hauptbahnhof Germany Leipzig Hauptbahnhof Germany Liverpool Lime Street England London Kings Cross England London Paddington England London St Pancras England nbsp Ballarat Victoria AustraliaMadrid Atocha Spain converted to station atrium Manchester Central England converted to conference centre Manchester Piccadilly England Milano Centrale Italy Newcastle Central England Prague Main Station Czech Republic Reading Terminal Philadelphia United States converted to convention center Tanjung Priok Jakarta Indonesia York North Yorkshire England Vitebsky railway station Saint Petersburg Russia Lviv Railway station UkraineSurviving examples of pitched roof train sheds include Ballarat Geelong and No 2 Goods Shed Melbourne Australia nbsp Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire England United KingdomBeverley England Bournemouth England Budapest Nyugati Hungary Budapest Keleti Hungary Carlisle Citadel England Chester England Crewe England Edinburgh Waverley Scotland Frome England Filey England nbsp Glasgow Central Scotland United KingdomGlasgow Central station Scotland Harrisburg Transportation Center Harrisburg Pennsylvania United States Kuala Lumpur Malaysia London Liverpool Street England nbsp Stoke on Trent England United KingdomParis Gare du Nord France Paris Gare de Lyon France Preston England Stoke on Trent England Wemyss Bay Scotland nbsp Wemyss Bay Scotland United KingdomSurviving examples of Bush type developed by American civil engineer Lincoln Bush and related train sheds include Hoboken Terminal Hoboken New Jersey United States Union Station Winnipeg Manitoba Canada Toronto Union Station Toronto Ontario Canada designed by A R Ketterson Communipaw Terminal Jersey City New Jersey United States Mount Royal Station used by Maryland Institute College of Art for its Sculpture program Baltimore MarylandSurviving examples of other train sheds include Pennsylvania Station Newark Newark New Jersey United States The SEPTA platform area of 30th Street Station Philadelphia United StatesConcrete edit nbsp Munchen Hauptbahnhof train shed dating to the 1960s The middle of the twentieth century saw concrete used as a structural material Surviving examples include Cockfosters tube station London England Uxbridge tube station London England Volksdorf U Bahn station Hamburg GermanyModern steel and glass edit nbsp Waterloo International across the foreground with the older Waterloo station beyond June 2004 After many years with few if any significant new train sheds recent years have seen some major stations given graceful train sheds by using modern technology Examples include Berlin Hauptbahnhof Berlin Germany Longyang Road station on the Shanghai Maglev Train line Gwangmyeong Station Seoul South Korea Jefferson Station Philadelphia United States while station is located underground it has above ground structures for the purpose of sheltering the platforms and trains Stillwell Avenue subway station New York City United States Waterloo International London England Southern Cross station Melbourne Australia Liege Guillemins Liege Belgium Manchester Victoria station Manchester EnglandIn the United States the Walt Disney World Monorail System has some trainsheds along its route including the entrance gate station and the main hall or Grand Canyon Concourse of the Contemporary Resort Open air canopy edit nbsp View through the open air roof that encircles the platform area at Denver Union Station May 2014 The Union Station Denver Colorado Denver Colorado US features an open air canopy structure covered with Teflon 1 Car barn editSee also Bus garage In North America tram cars there called streetcars or trolleys are sometimes stored in structures called car barns or car houses These buildings are usually enclosed and provide cover for trams from the elements List of car barns nbsp Former Georgetown Car Barn Washington D C between 1980 and 2006 Roncesvalles Carhouse Toronto Leslie Barns Toronto Russell Carhouse Connaught Barns Toronto Wychwood Barns former St Clair Carhouse now a community centre in Toronto Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility Black Creek Carhouse Toronto Watertown Yard Watertown Massachusetts North Cambridge Carhouse Cambridge Massachusetts Plaistow Carhouse Plaistow New Hampshire Ashby Street Car Barn Atlanta Georgia Luzerne Carhouse Philadelphia East Capitol Street Car Barn Washington DC Georgetown Car Barn Washington DCSee also editBus stationReferences edit ProjectWest What s New www rtd fastracks com Retrieved 18 April 2018 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Train sheds Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Train shed amp oldid 1187026848 Car barn, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
