Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A point, either at a station or in the street, where railroad transfer-tickets are given and where passengers are transferred from one line of cars to another.
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Examples
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The company said it was hiring residential and commercial drivers, technicians, transfer-station drivers and heavy-equipment operators.
The Seattle Times 2010
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The closing converted the Ivy Landfill to transfer-station status as it was redubbed the Materials Utilization Center.
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North Carolina has no transfer-station siting requirements.
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