Palletiser station , comprising: a] a bi-directional pallet manoeuvring conveying system ; b] a palletiser designed and adapted for loading goods on a pallet; c] a lifting device adapted for lifting a pallet; wherein the bi-directional pellet manoeuvring conveying system comprises three consecutive track sections: a1) a waiting section for an empty pallet; a2) a loading section adjacent the waiting section ; a3) a transfer section adjacent the loading section opposite the waiting section , for receiving empty pallets and delivering loaded pallets; wherein the waiting section is designed and adapted for transporting said empty pallet in a forward direction to the loading section ; wherein the palletiser is designed and adapted for loading goods on said pallet while the pallet is kept stationary at the loading section ; wherein the transfer section is designed and adapted for receiving a loaded pallet from the loading section and for transporting that loaded pallet in the forward direction away from the loading section ; CHARACTERIZED in that the transfer section is designed and adapted for receiving an empty pallet and for transporting said empty pallet in a backward direction to the loading section ; in that the loading section is designed and adapted for receiving said empty pallet from the transfer section and for transporting said empty pallet in the backward direction to the waiting section ; and in that the lifting device is designed and adapted for lifting said pallet at the loading section to an elevated position, and for keeping the pallet in the elevated position while the empty pallet is conveyed in the backward direction past the loading section such that the empty pallet passes below the elevated pallet. a] a bi-directional pallet manoeuvring conveying system ; b] a palletiser designed and adapted for loading goods on a pallet; c] a lifting device adapted for lifting a pallet; wherein the bi-directional pellet manoeuvring conveying system comprises three consecutive track sections: a1) a waiting section for an empty pallet; a2) a loading section adjacent the waiting section ; a3) a transfer section adjacent the loading section opposite the waiting section , for receiving empty pallets and delivering loaded pallets; wherein the waiting section is designed and adapted for transporting said empty pallet in a forward direction to the loading section ; wherein the palletiser is designed and adapted for loading goods on said pallet while the pallet is kept stationary at the loading section ; wherein the transfer section is designed and adapted for receiving a loaded pallet from the loading section and for transporting that loaded pallet in the forward direction away from the loading section ; CHARACTERIZED in that the transfer section is designed and adapted for receiving an empty pallet and for transporting said empty pallet in a backward direction to the loading section ; in that the loading section is designed and adapted for receiving said empty pallet from the transfer section and for transporting said empty pallet in the backward direction to the waiting section ; and in that the lifting device is designed and adapted for lifting said pallet at the loading section to an elevated position, and for keeping the pallet in the elevated position while the empty pallet is conveyed in the backward direction past the loading section such that the empty pallet passes below the elevated pallet. a1) a waiting section for an empty pallet; a2) a loading section adjacent the waiting section ; a3) a transfer section adjacent the loading section opposite the waiting section , for receiving empty pallets and delivering loaded pallets; <EOS>