Crossing station
A train station can be referred to as a crossing station due to its different characteristics.
Definition according to location in the network
An intersection station is a through station in which at least two lines intersect.
The different routes mostly cross on one level and are connected to each other by switches. It is possible that the main thoroughfares only meet in the train station without crossing each other and only later cross a bridge over each other, for example at the train stations Blankenberg (Meckl) and Geltendorf . In the Blankenberg station, a direct journey from (Rostock–) Bützow to Wismar was only possible with a reset, as there was no corresponding track connection.
A crossing station can have a special design as a tower station . Here the distances are within the station at different height levels and lead level freely over each other. In some of these stations, the routes are connected by connecting curves. Examples of a crossing station designed as a tower station are Berlin Hauptbahnhof , Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof and Bahnhof Dülmen .
Examples
- Koblenz main station - the left Rhine route is crossed by the Moselle route to the west and the Lahntalbahn to the east
- Neuss main station - the line on the left-hand side of the Lower Rhine is crossed by the Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf line , with other lines leading to Kaarst and Horrem
- Weinfelden station - the routes of the Bodenseebahn meet with the Mittelthurgau railway .
Definition by company
A crossing station is a station where trains can cross with those in the opposite direction, see train crossing .
Therefore, through stations on single-track lines, as they are often found on branch lines , with more than just one main track, in which trains can cross or cross according to plan, are called junction stations.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Keyword: Kreuzungsbahnhof in: Lexikon der Eisenbahn , Transpress; Berlin, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-344-00160-4 , p. 462