carbarn

Transit vehicle garage

A carbarn is a large building where streetcars or buses are stored and maintained.

The term dates from the era of electric trolleys, when transit vehicles needed enclosed facilities for overnight storage and repair.

Also called a car barn or trolley barn.

The old carbarn has been converted into a brewery.

facility

depot

Vehicle storage facility

terminal · interurban · railway · track · turnout · switch · overhead · wire · pantograph · motorman

storage

warehouse

Bulk goods storage building

repository · equipment

Opposites
vehicle storage facility type

carbarncarport

Roofed vehicle shelter

driveway · parking spot

transit infrastructure function

carbarntrain station

Passenger boarding facility for locomotives

transit station · bus terminal · passenger terminal · depot · platform

vehicle exposure

carbarnsurface lot

Uncovered parking area

street parking · curbside

Family

car, cart, barn, garage, cattle, carriage, barnyard, carport

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