railway junctions
Where rails meet
Railway junctions are points where two or more railway lines meet, allowing trains to transfer between routes.
The term encompasses both the physical infrastructure—switches, signals, crossings—and the locations themselves, which often develop into towns or stations: Clapham Junction is one of Europe's busiest.
Junction appears in many British place names marking these convergence points.
- interchangeReciprocal transfer between parties
- semaphoreFlag-based signaling system
- platformRaised flat structure
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
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