Article | REF: TRP3050 V1

Railroads - Components, construction and maintenance

Author: Pierre CHAPAS

Publication date: November 10, 2012

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4. Turnouts

Links between centers served by railroads require the creation of routes: this is the function performed by turnouts. Turnouts are divided into two categories (figure 18 ):

  • a turnout is used to create a deviated lane from a direct lane, or to ensure communication between two lanes;

  • the crossing is the at-grade intersection of two tracks. It can be combined with one or more turnouts: this is the single or double crossing-junction.

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