Docking station ( 1 ) with a clearing device for a channel ( 4 ) for the mass flow of rod- shaped articles ( 5 ) used in the tobacco industry, provided with storage means ( 2 ) containing the clearing device ( 3 ) wherein the storage means are adapted in such a way that they are led in into the channel in response to a signal of presence of the end face of mass flow at the place at which the clearing device is led in or out; moving means ( 14 ) for inserting the clearing device into the channel after the storage means have been led in into the channel; furthermore, the storage means are adapted in such a way that they are led out of the installation channel in response to the signal of presence of the end face of the cleaning device in the channel.