Sentence:  At the platform in Pathankot, they must have overheard me asking the porter handling my luggage that I wanted to go to the <WSD>lorry</WSD> stand for Kashmir. [...] There were no buses then, some primitive contraptions called <WSD>lorries</WSD>. A far cry from the spacious and comfortable buses of the present day. They were not only rudimentary and crude, they also travelled very slow. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A motor vehicle for transporting goods, and in some cases people; a truck.