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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;
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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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Standards and norms
- Line classification – Resulting wagon load limits - UIC 700 - 11-2004
- Caractéristiques de tracé des voies parcourues par des trains de voyageurs rapides - UIC 703 - 01-1989
- Railway applications – Track – Special rails – Grooved rails and associated structural shapes - NF EN 14811/IN1 - 01-2010
- Railway applications – Track – Turnouts – Part 1: Definitions - NF EN 13232-1 - 03-2004
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