List of turns

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Circular viaduct of Brusio on the Bernina Railway

This page lists open loop turns on railway lines worldwide. An outdoor bend on a railway line is a roundabout loop if the route is deflected by more than 360 ° and the route crosses its own route. If the route is distracted by less than 360 °, it is a "normal" bend . If there is a roundabout in the tunnel, it is a roundabout tunnel . These are not included in this list because they can be found in the list of spiral tunnels .

Europe

Germany

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Rendsburg loop	Neumünster – Flensburg railway line	Rendsburg	1435	4.5 km	42 m	adhesion	1911-13	Prussian state railways today: German Railroad, Inc.	Plant in the lowlands

Switzerland

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Brusio circular viaduct	St. Moritz - Tirano	Brusio	1000	142.8 m	17 m	adhesion	1907/08	Bernina Railway , today: Rhaetian Railway	Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Albula Railway and Bernina Railway of the Rhaetian Railway

France

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
	Lyon – Parays-le-Monial	Saint-Nizier-d'Azergues	1435			adhesion

Greece

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Vróncho (βρόγχο)	Kodza-Déré-Decauville	Between Axioupolis (Αξιούπολης) and Pigí (Πηγή) in Peonia near Polykastro	600			adhesion	1917	French 122nd Infantry Division	Reduced

Italy

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
	Marina S.Vito-Lanciano	San Vito Chietino (Abruzzo)	950 (from 1959 1435 mm)			adhesion	1912	Ferrovia Adriatico Appennino, today: Ferrovia Adriatico – Sangritana SpA	Inside the loop is the former San Vito Città train station
	Mandas – Arbatax	Lanusei (Sardinia)	950			adhesion	1894	Società italiana per le Strade Ferrate Secondarie della Sardegna, today: FdS
	Sassari-Palau	Bortigiadas (Sardinia)	950			adhesion	1931	Società anonima Ferrovie Settentrionali Sarde, today: FdS	One and a half turnaround loop; Bortigiadas train station is within the loop

Yugoslavia / Montenegro

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Antivari train	Bar - Virpazar	Kalkavija	750 mm			adhesion	1908	Compagnia di Antivari ( Venice ) / Jugoslovenske Železnice	Line closure : 1959

United Kingdom

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Dduallt roundabout viaduct	Porthmadog - Blaenau Ffestiniog	Dduallt (Wales)	600			adhesion	1965-78	Ffestiniog Railway

Africa

Kenya

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	Operating mode	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Two loops on the equator	Eldoret - Nakuru	Timoroa - Equator ( location ) Equator– Makutano ( location )	1000
Mazera's spiral	Mariakani - Mombasa	Mazeras - Miritini ( location )	1000

Madagascar

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Anjiro loop	Antananarivo-Moramanga	Anjiro	1000				1909	Madarail	470 ° loop

America

Argentina

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
2 loops between Meseto and Diego de Almagro	Salta-Antofagasta		1000			adhesion	1874-76

Costa Rica

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
La Pequeña Helvecia	Light railway owned by the Hotel Los Héroes	Nuevo Arenal, Costa Rica	600	54 m (bridge only)	8 m	adhesion	2000	-	Used to transport hotel guests to a panoramic restaurant. The proportions of the loop bridge are based on the Brusio circular viaduct, Switzerland (see below).

Canada

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Trinity loop	Clarenville-Trinity	Trinity, Newfoundland	1067	2 km	10.3 m	adhesion	1911	Newfoundland Railway	Museum railway

Mexico

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
El Lazo	Chihuahua - Los Mochis - Topolabampo	between Pitorreal and Creel	1435			adhesion	1961	Ferromex

United States

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Georgetown Loop	Colorado Central Railroad	Georgetown, Colorado -Silver Plume	914	1.2 km	29 m	adhesion	1884	Georgetown, Breckenridge and Leadville Railroad , subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad	Today: museum railway
Hiwassee loop	Etowah Tennessee -Blue Ridge Georgia	Farner Tennessee	1435	1.2 km	19 m	adhesion	1890	Louisville & Nashville Railroad	Double roundabout with a total length of 2450 m. Today: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum Railway
Morenci Southern Railroad	Morenci Southern Railroad	Morceni , Arizona	914	61 km	425 m	adhesion	1901	Detroit Copper Mining Company of Arizona	Five loops with high trestle bridges and a 130 m long tunnel on a 61 km long route
The loop	Moffat route	Rollins Pass , Colorado	1435	1.13 km	26 m	adhesion	1904	Denver and Salt Lake Railway	In 1928 after opening of the Moffat-tunnel set
Tehachapi Loop	Bakersfield – Mojave railway line	Tehachapi Pass , California	1435	1.17 km	23.5 m	adhesion	1874-76	Southern Pacific Transportation
Williams Loop	Feather River Route of the former Western Pacific	Sierra Nevada , California	1435	1.4 km	11 m	adhesion	1906-1909	Union Pacific Railroad

Asia

Myanmar

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
	Burma Mines Railway	Wallah Gorge	610		6 m	adhesion			540 °; Tourist trains
	Thazi - Taunggyi	Taung Lay Lone	1000			adhesion		Myanma Railways

India

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Originally 5, today 3 circular loops	New Jalpaiguri - Darjiling		610			adhesion	1879-81	Darjeeling Himalayan Railway	Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Mountain Railways in India

Australia and Oceania

New Zealand

designation	route	place	Track width mm	length	Height difference	operational art	Construction year	Railway company	particularities	image
Ongarue spiral	Ellis and Burnand Tramway (Ongarue)	Ongarue , New Zealand	1067			adhesion	1922	Ellis & Burnand	Route with partly wooden rails, out of order, today a cycle path
Raurimu spiral	North Island Main Trunk Railway	Raurimu , New Zealand	1067		132 m	adhesion	1898	NZR	Reverse loop construction with circular sweeping loop

See also

• Turn (railroad)
• List of spiral tunnels (railways)

literature

Peter Pfeiffer among others: Of spirals, loops and loops . In: Die Bündener Kulturbahn 7 (2010), pp. 20–23.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Hellwag: Report on the determination of the railway axis and the length profile of the Gotthard Railway and the processing of an approximate cost estimate . Zürcher and Furrer, 1876 ( google.co.za [accessed September 17, 2019]).
2. ^ Keith Chester: The Railways of Montenegro. The Quest for a Trans-Balkan Railway. Stenvalls, Malmö 2016. ISBN 978-91-7266-194-3 , p. 54.
3. ↑ Estimate based on a photograph in Pfeiffer, p. 23.
4. ↑ See: Wikipedia in English
5. ↑ Homepage of the museum railway
6. ↑ See: Wikipedia in English
7. ↑ Homepage of the Georgetown Loop Railroad
8. ↑ See: Wikipedia in English
9. ^ Estimate based on a photograph in Pfeiffer, p. 21.
10. ↑ Namtu-Bawdwin Railtruck. November 28, 2011, accessed August 28, 2016 . 
11. ^ Archives of the Rhaetian Railway