Junction (rail)
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A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge.wikipedia




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Railroad switch
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This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are of the same gauge), provided by points (US: switches) and signalling.
A railroad switch (AE), turnout, or [set of] points (BE) is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.









Junction station
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Rail transport operations refer to stations that lie on or near a railway junction as a junction station.
Junction station usually refers to a railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge.
Level junction
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The capacity of a railway junction can be increased with improved signalling measures, by building points suitable for higher speeds, or by turning level junctions into flying junctions.
A level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front of opposing traffic at grade (i.e. on the level).


Flying junction
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The capacity of a railway junction can be increased with improved signalling measures, by building points suitable for higher speeds, or by turning level junctions into flying junctions.
A flying junction or flyover is a railway junction at which one or more diverging or converging tracks in a multiple-track route cross other tracks on the route by bridge to avoid conflict with other train movements.


Double junction
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A double junction is a railway junction where a double track railway splits into two double track lines.









Interlocking
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In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings.







Railway town
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A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated or was greatly developed because of a railway station or junction at its site.


Glossary of rail transport terms
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The capacity of the junctions limits the capacity of a railway network more than the capacity of individual railway lines.
Rail transport
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A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge.









Railway signalling
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This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are of the same gauge), provided by points (US: switches) and signalling. The capacity of a railway junction can be increased with improved signalling measures, by building points suitable for higher speeds, or by turning level junctions into flying junctions.








Route capacity
transport capacitycapacitypassenger volumes
Junctions are important for rail systems, their installation into a rail system can expand route capacity, and have a powerful impact upon on-time performance.
On-time performance
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Junctions are important for rail systems, their installation into a rail system can expand route capacity, and have a powerful impact upon on-time performance.
Rail transport operations
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Rail transport operations refer to stations that lie on or near a railway junction as a junction station.




Yeovil Junction railway station
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In the UK it is customary for the junction (and the related station) to be named after the next station on the branch, e.g. Yeovil Junction is on the mainline railway south of Yeovil, and the next destination on the branch is Yeovil Pen Mill.






Yeovil
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In the UK it is customary for the junction (and the related station) to be named after the next station on the branch, e.g. Yeovil Junction is on the mainline railway south of Yeovil, and the next destination on the branch is Yeovil Pen Mill.








Yeovil Pen Mill railway station
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In the UK it is customary for the junction (and the related station) to be named after the next station on the branch, e.g. Yeovil Junction is on the mainline railway south of Yeovil, and the next destination on the branch is Yeovil Pen Mill.



Rail freight transport
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For goods trains (US: freight trains), marshalling yards (US: Classification yards) serve a similar purpose.









Classification yard
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For goods trains (US: freight trains), marshalling yards (US: Classification yards) serve a similar purpose.









Earlestown railway station
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The world's first railway junction was Newton Junction (now Earlestown station) near Newton-le-Willows, England where, in 1831, two railways merged.





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The world's first railway junction was Newton Junction (now Earlestown station) near Newton-le-Willows, England where, in 1831, two railways merged.



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The world's first railway junction was Newton Junction (now Earlestown station) near Newton-le-Willows, England where, in 1831, two railways merged.









Tunnel
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With more complicated junctions such construction can rapidly become very expensive, especially if space is restricted by tunnels, bridges or inner-city tracks.









Bridge
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With more complicated junctions such construction can rapidly become very expensive, especially if space is restricted by tunnels, bridges or inner-city tracks.









Rapid transit
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Metro rail systems have a rail network design where the number of junctions are minimised.









Train station
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Rail transport operations refer to stations that lie on or near a railway junction as a junction station.








