Connecting station

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The connecting station stands for different types of stations in passenger and freight transport .

  • A connecting station is a station at which a railway line branches off from a continuous line. In contrast to a separation station , the line branching off in a connecting station is of minor importance or there are no regular continuous train journeys between the two lines. Typical connecting stations are stations where a branch , small or private line branches off from a main line. An operational connection of the two routes is possible, however, unless there are different gauges or other technical reasons.
    In the case of a separation station, on the other hand, the branching and the continuous route have comparable meanings and there are regular train crossings on the branching route. Sometimes the terms connecting station and separation station are also used synonymously.
  • Großkorbetha station, freight wagons for the connecting line to Leuna on the right side of the picture
    In freight traffic, a connecting station is a station that is located on a public railway line and at the same time is the start or end point of a non-public connecting railway serving goods traffic . One example is the Großkorbetha station on the Thuringian Railway , where a connecting line to the Leunawerke begins.
  • A connecting station can also be a larger operating point on such a connecting railway.
  • The term can also be used to designate a train station from which reports of train delays are sent to upstream train stations and possibly other institutions.
  • Colloquially, a connecting station is a train station where travelers change to another train or another means of transport.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörn Pachl , System Technology of Rail Traffic , Vieweg + Teubner 2008, ISBN 978-3-8351-0191-3 , glossary
  2. ↑ a b c d Keyword: Anschlussbahnhof, in: Lexikon der Eisenbahn , Transpress; Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-344-00160-4 , pp. 41-42.
  3. ^ Keyword: Bahnhof, in: Lexikon der Eisenbahn , Transpress; Stuttgart: Motorbuch Verlag, 1990, ISBN 3-344-00160-4 , pp. 69-71.
  4. ↑ train stations. In: Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System . 2nd Edition. Volume 1: Cover - discontinuation of construction . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1912, p.  383 ff.
  5. ↑ connecting station. In: Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System . 2nd Edition. Volume 1: Cover - discontinuation of construction . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1912, p.  185 .