Keilbahnhof

Keilbahnhof (plural: Keilbahnhöfe, literally: "wedge railway station") is the German name for a

Definition

A keilbahnhof is a type of

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

• 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
• Berlin-Hamburg and Hagenow Land–Schwerin
  lines
• Nordstemmen on the Hanoverian Southern and Lehrte–Nordstemmen
  lines
• Northeim (Han) on the Hanoverian Southern, South Harz and Solling
  line
• Brunswick Southern
  lines
• Wittenberge on the Berlin–Hamburg, Magdeburg-Wittenberge and Wittenberge–Buchholz
  lines
• Schwarzenberg–Zwickau
  lines

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

Austria

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

Belgium

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

France

• 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

Italy

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

New Zealand

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

• 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
• Olten–Bern
  lines
• Oerlikon–Bülach
  lines
• Chavornay on the Orbe–Chavornay and Jura Foot lines
• 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
• 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
• Zürich–Zug
  lines
• Oerlikon–Bülach
  lines

The Netherlands

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

United Kingdom

• Barnt Green on the Cross-City and Birmingham to Worcester via Bromsgrove lines
• Hooton–Helsby
  lines
• Crewe–Derby
  lines
• Lewes on the East Coastway lines
• 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

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

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