Official route (traffic route)

This article describes the official channel as a traffic route, for the communication channel see official channel , for official channels that are under the protection of accident insurance, see accident insurance .

As official channels paths are called, which may be used only by officials but not by the public. This includes, for example, official routes within railway facilities and official routes from motorway maintenance depots.

Anyone who enters or uses the official route of a railway system without official authorization is acting in violation of the regulations (Section 64b, Paragraph 2, No. 1 of the German Railway Construction and Operating Regulations ).

It is not legally required to mark official routes with a specific traffic sign. This explains the variety of signs used.

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  Official route with sign 259 at Schwerin

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  Official route on the German Autobahn A3

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  Official route on the A 61 motorway

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  Official route to the A 60 motorway near Mainz

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  Official route crosses a Swiss railway system

See also: service route