Kijfhoek (classification yard)
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Kijfhoek classification yard is a hump yard type freight rail yard near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The rail yard is named to the nearby small village Kijfhoek, now belonging to the municipality Zwijndrecht. With an area of 50 hectares Kijfhoek is the largest of the few railway yards left in the country. The rail yard has a key function in the rail network from the Port of Rotterdam to the rest of The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
[edit] Layout
Hearth of the yard is the classification bowl with 42 tracks. On each side of the classification tracks are 5 departure tracks. On the west side of the hump are 14 arrival tracks. The passenger line Rotterdam-Dordrecht and the Betuweroute, a double track freight railway from the Europoort to Germany, are running north of the yard.[1]
[edit] Betuweroute
With the realisation of the Betuweroute in 2007 Kijfhoek has a very important position in freight transport from the Europoort to Germany by rail. The arrival and departure tracks are connected to the Betuweroute via fly-overs over the passenger lines. All train movements at Kijfhoek and the Betuweroute are coordinated by the control centre of Keyrail at the rail yard.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Website Rail cargo information. "Document showing layout Kijfhoek" (in Dutch). http://www.railcargo.nl/documenten/kijfhoek%20definitief.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
Coordinates: 51°49′53″N 004°35′56″E / 51.83139°N 4.59889°E
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