railway junction
Where lines meet
A railway junction is a point where two or more rail lines meet or diverge, allowing trains to switch between routes.
Junctions range from simple switches connecting two tracks to complex interchanges where multiple lines converge: The town grew up around the railway junction.
Major junctions often become transportation hubs and give their names to nearby settlements.
- sidingsAuxiliary rail tracks
- tracksMarks showing passage
- ticket officeVenue admission counter
- marshalling yardRail facility for sorting cars
- train schedulingCoordinating rail departures
missed connection · industrial hubs · route planning · freight handling · switchyard · overpasses · platforms · train timetables · points · station · passengers · mainline · trains · branch · branch line · steam engine · train spotter · sleepers
- ChittagongChittagong, shipbreaking, port city, economic hub, trade center
- VisakhapatnamBay of Bengal, steel plant, shipyard, naval base, dockyard
- Rahim Yar Khancotton industry, cotton mills, Indus River
- Kanpur
network topology
railway junctionterminus
Final destination point
terminal · end of the line · dead end · terminal station · railhead