Separation station

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In a separation station (Austria and often in Switzerland: branch station ) at least one further railway line branches off from a continuous line. The routes are operationally linked in the station , so that train transfers from one route to the other are common. In terms of traffic, separation stations are of particular importance, even if they should have little traffic.

Instead of separating station, the term branching station is also used. It is mainly used in systems that offer purely line-based passenger transport ( underground and suburban trains ). A branching station differs neither operationally nor technically from other separation stations. The term branching station mostly refers to the type of operation, less to the structure of the station.

Demarcation

Other stations according to their operational importance:

  • Two or more routes intersect in a crossing station .
  • At the connecting station , at least one line branches off from the main line, but unlike the separation station, the branch is not designed for regular continuous train journeys, for example with different gauges .
  • A touch station is not a separation station, as there is no connection between the two lines in the station.

Special separation stations according to structural arrangement:

  • When Inselbahnhof is located reception building between the platforms of the two parting lines. There are operational links (routes) on both sides of the platform area, so that the station building is surrounded by tracks like an island.
  • At the wedge station , the lines are separated before or within the platform area; after the platforms there is no operational link between the lines that are separated.

literature

  • Adolf Funk: Via separation stations, especially the Nordstemmen station . In: Journal of the Architects and Engineers Association . tape VII , 1861 (columns 436–442 with drawings on sheets 214 and 215.).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörn Pachl , System Technology of Rail Traffic , Vieweg + Teubner 2008, ISBN 978-3-8351-0191-3 , glossary