0 a space at the back of a ship where goods are put on or taken away
1 a space at the back or side of a ship or in a warehouse where goods are put in or taken out
The backstage area has a substantial loading bay for trucks.
Initially it had two platforms on an extended loop and there was a small single siding with a loading bay.
This issue is usually caused through a driver not correctly observing traffic lighting signals on a loading bay which prohibit the movement of the trailer.
For regular shipments this period might start the moment the last shipment in that schedule departs the loading bay.
The station also had a coal yard, horse loading bay and cattle pens with a weighing machine.
Three short spurs ran from the loop, serving the carriage shed, the goods shed, the cattle pens and the end loading bay.
I suppose the theory is that the wholesaler drives his vehicle into some loading bay, fills it up solidly and gets away again in a few minutes.
It is the practice of that company to send its machine tools by road transport, straight from the loading bay to the customer.
