railhead

IPA: rˈeɪɫhɛd

(rail transport) A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.
The furthest point on a railroad/railway under construction to which rails have been laid.
(rail transport) The top surface (head) of a rail.
(military) An area of hostile territory at the end of a rail line that, when captured, serves for the continuous movement into position of further troops and materiel.

Examples of "railhead" in Sentences

Meghalaya does not have any railhead.
There is a railhead at the port of Chipoka.
Tinsukia is also a major railhead of Assam.
By analogy with beachhead, bridgehead, railhead.
Other ferries serve non railhead ports on the lake.
The town is the railhead for the line to the capital.
Douglas, also a railhead, survives to the present day.
The lack of a railhead doomed Bessemer in favor of Casper.
The station was also the railhead for the town of Salcombe.
Constantine is the railhead of a prosperous and diverse agricultural area.
And some of the ton-miles on truck are complementary … short hauling of the container to the origin railhead and from the destination railhead.
Imagine hiking several days to the Chiapas railhead from the Guatemalan border and then riding a freight all the way to the U.S. border stone broke and in constant danger.