Siding
As sidings is known in railway tracks that have no (continuous) main tracks are. In Switzerland, sidings are known as shunting tracks , into which signals cannot enter or exit or can only be driven out.
As a rule, a siding is not used by train journeys ( running between stations ) , but only by shunting journeys (in Austria: shunting journeys ) . This is why no main signals are regularly set up on side tracks , but rather blocking signals (or protection signals ) or waiting signals .
Therefore, it is usually in the stations as siding for setting up and organizing the trains, and connection to physical structures such goods shed , loading ramps , Freiverladegleise, roundhouse , turntable or nearby factories and industrial plants ( siding ) or simply as a siding .
literature
- Railroad Encyclopedia, 1915, 2nd Edition, Volume 7, Page 317
- DB Netz driving regulations, 2015
- Swiss Driving Regulations (FDV) A2016 Federal Office of Transport (FOT), July 1, 2016 (PDF; 3 MB). R 300.1, Section 2.3 Explanation of the terms
