Wing station

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A wing station is an operationally largely independent part of a larger station that is spatially separated from the other operating facilities .

Wing stations were often created as a result of subsequent expansion of existing railway systems: if due to limited space or existing buildings no expansion of the railway systems at the previous location was possible, the additional tracks and systems were built near the original station and thus formed an independent section of the station. Wing stations can also be found where several routes should be operated independently of one another, e.g. B. in places where the routes of different railway administrations met. For example, the possessed Mühlacker station at the junction of Baden and Württemberg railway network in addition to the transit station configured line the Württemberg State Railways own, including accrued terminal station of the Baden State Railways, who as head station was created. Both parts of the station had their own buildings and depot and were only connected by a few switches.

Some of the best-known wing stations in German-speaking countries are the Holzkirchen and Starnberg stations as part of the Munich main station , the Palatinate station in the Karlsruhe main station and the Basel SNCF station .

Other types of station

• According to structural differentiation: riding station , wedge station , island station , tower station , tunnel station
• According to operational importance: through station , terminus station , contact station , separation station , crossing station , connecting station

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau , Volume 11, 1962, p. 41.