Intermediate station
An intermediate station is a railway operating point on a continuous railway line. In a narrower sense it is a railway station without further subsequent track, as opposed to separation , connection , intersection and contact stations . In a broader sense, an intermediate station is generally any station on the route between its terminal stations .
The majority of all train stations are intermediate train stations. Mostly they are built as a through station, there are only a few intermediate stations in the shape of a head , for example at some switchbacks . If there is a station building , it is usually to the side of the tracks. For intermediate stations, which both serve the passenger and goods transport, a distinction is made between common location (station building and freight transport systems on the same side of the tracks) and counter-support (freight equipment on the other side of the track).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Keyword: Zwischenbahnhof, in: Lexikon der Eisenbahn , Transpress; Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-344-00160-4 , p. 928.
- ↑ a b train stations. In: Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System . 2nd Edition. Volume 1: Cover - discontinuation of construction . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1912, p. 383 ff.
- ↑ Jörn Pachl , System Technology of Rail Transport , Glossary, digital version in the Glossary of System Technology of Rail Transport, accessed on February 16, 2014