• Source: Keilbahnhof

Keilbahnhof (plural: Keilbahnhöfe), literally "wedge railway station", is the German name for a railway station (Bahnhof) in which the station is located between branching railway tracks. It is a junction station that is part of the railway junction itself, with its platforms converging in one direction and diverging in the other. There appears to be no direct English equivalent for this term.




Definition



A keilbahnhof is a type of junction station whose tracks usually diverge shortly before passing the platforms, and the station building being located between the tracks. The through tracks thus pass by on either side of the station building without rejoining one another again. This is in contrast to an "island station" (German: Inselbahnhof) such as Olten station, at which the tracks merge again after passing either side of the station building (i.e. the building sits on a wide island platform). Rarely, there are keilbahnhof stations whose through tracks diverge in the area of the platforms, but never after them. In a keilbahnhof, there are at least two platforms, one on each side of the station building (e.g. Lichtensteig railway station), but additional platforms (or sidings) may be present on one or both sides.
The Y-shaped design of a keilbahnhof is not suited for splitting trains into separate rakes with different destinations (portion working). Often, the station is the terminus of the line(s) operating on the subordinate branch, while for the service(s) operating on the main branches it is a through station, although it can also be a through station on all services.
The station building can be located either between the diverging tracks or on the side of the tracks before they diverge (e.g. Monza railway station).




Examples in Germany



Altshausen on the Herbertingen–Aulendorf and Altshausen–Schwackenreute lines
Berga-Kelbra on the Halle–Hann. Münden line
Döbeln Hauptbahnhof on the Riesa–Chemnitz and Borsdorf–Coswig lines
Elsterwerda-Biehla on the Węgliniec–Roßlau and Elsterwerda–Elsterwerda-Biehla lines
Fröttstädt on the Halle–Bebra and Friedrichroda lines
Hagenow Land on the Berlin-Hamburg and Hagenow Land–Schwerin lines
Kreiensen on the Hanoverian Southern, Altenbeken–Kreiensen and Brunswick Southern lines
Nordstemmen on the Hanoverian Southern and Lehrte–Nordstemmen lines
Northeim (Han) on the Hanoverian Southern, South Harz and Solling lines
Oberkotzau on the Bamberg–Hof, Cheb–Oberkotzau and Weiden–Oberkotzau lines
Wittenberge on the Berlin–Hamburg, Magdeburg-Wittenberge and Wittenberge–Buchholz lines
Zwickau Hbf on the Dresden–Werdau and Schwarzenberg–Zwickau lines




Examples elsewhere






= Australia

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Werris Creek on the Main North, Mungindi and Binnaway lines
Brighton Beach on the Sandringham Line in Melbourne.




= Austria

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Wien Erzherzog-Karl-Straße on the Laaer Ostbahn and Marchegger Ostbahn lines




= Belgium

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Ottignies on the Belgian railway lines 139, 140 and the 161
Pepinster on the Belgian railway lines 37 and 44




= France

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Bellegarde on the Haut-Bugey and Lyon–Geneva lines
Lyon (Perrache) on the Paris–Marseille, Moret–Lyon and Lyon–Geneva lines
Figeac on the Figeac–Arvant and Brive-la-Gaillarde–Toulouse (via Capdenac) lines
Tarascon on the Tarascon–Sète line and two connectors to the Paris–Marseille lines




= Ireland

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Howth Junction on the Belfast–Dublin line and Howth branch




= Italy

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Monza on the Milan–Chiasso, Lecco–Milan and Monza–Molteno lines
Pisa San Rossore on the Genoa–Pisa and Pisa–Lucca lines




= New Zealand

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Hamilton on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) and East Coast Main Trunk (ECMT) lines




= Switzerland

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Apples on the Bière–Apples–Morges line and branch line to L'Isle-Mont-la-Ville
Arth-Goldau on the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau, Pfäffikon–Arth-Goldau and Gotthard lines
Bern Wankdorf on the Bern–Thun, Biel/Bienne–Bern and Olten–Bern lines
Bülach on the Winterthur–Koblenz and Oerlikon–Bülach lines
Chavornay on the Orbe–Chavornay and Jura Foot lines
Le Day on the Vallorbe–Le Brassus and Simplon lines (until 2022)
Lichtensteig on the Wil–Ebnat-Kappel and Bodensee–Toggenburg lines
Oensingen on the Langenthal–Oensingen, Oensingen–Balsthal and Jura Foot lines
Sargans on the Chur–Rorschach and Ziegelbrücke–Sargans lines
Sembrancher on the Martigny–Orsières line and branch line to Le Châble
Worblaufen on the Solothurn–Worblaufen, Worb Dorf–Worblaufen and Zollikofen–Bern lines
Zug on the Thalwil–Arth-Goldau, Zug–Lucerne and Zürich–Zug lines
Zürich Oerlikon on the Zürich–Winterthur and Oerlikon–Bülach lines




= The Netherlands

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Amsterdam Muiderpoort on the Amsterdam–Arnhem and Amsterdam–Zutphen lines




= United Kingdom

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Barnt Green on the Cross-City and Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove lines
Helsby on the Chester–Manchester and Hooton–Helsby lines
Kidsgrove on the Stafford–Manchester and Crewe–Derby lines
Lewes on the East Coastway lines
Lewisham on the North Kent and Mid-Kent lines; The latter is also used as a loop off the South Eastern Main Line
Limehouse on the London, Tilbury and Southend line and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR)
Sutton on the Portsmouth and the Epsom Downs lines




= United States

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Canton Junction on the Providence/Stoughton Line (Northeast Corridor and Stoughton Branch)
Clybourn on the UP North and UP Northwest lines
Denville on the Morristown and Montclair–Boonton lines
Point of Rocks on the Baltimore–Ohio and Old Main lines




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stasiun Hønefoss
• Keilbahnhof
• Train station
• Amsterdam Muiderpoort railway station
• Arth-Goldau railway station
• Kreiensen station
• Pisa San Rossore railway station
• Figeac station
• Bodensee–Toggenburg railway
• Oberkotzau station
• Lewes railway station