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Revision as of 22:43, 14 May 2013

List of important marshalling yards in geographical order.

Cited are important marshalling yards for the formation of freight/goods trains, and/or with a large volume of traffic, and/or with a very extensive track systems; including marshalling yards, hump yards, freight handling yards, and intermodal (container) terminals.

Notes

  • Names of the nearest cities etc. are presented in the common usage, and shown first followed by a colon, unless the specific yard name is known (which will be presented in the form native to their country. possibly transliterated)
  • If known, the number of tracks are shown in brackets, with two numbers e.g. (xx + xx) for yards with 'up' and 'down' lines.
  • It does not amount to an exhaustive list.
  • Yards marked with a star (asterisk) are no longer in use.
  • The nearest city of town is given first: if the yard has a well known name that differs.

North and Central America

Main article: List of Railroad Yards in North and Central America

Canada

From west to east:

  • Vancouver, British Columbia
    • Coquitlam Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Thornton Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • North Vancouver Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Kamloops, British Columbia
    • Kamloops CP Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Kamloops CN Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Golden, British Columbia
    • Golden Yard (CP, Coal Staging Yard)
  • Edmonton, Alberta
    • Walker Yard (CN, Hump Yard)
    • McBain Yard (CN, Intermodal)
    • Cloverbar Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Strathcona Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Calgary, Alberta
    • Alyth Yard (CP, Hump Yard)
    • Shepard Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • Sacree Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
    • Moose Jaw Yard (CP, Marshalling)
  • Regina, Saskatchewan
    • Regina Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Warell Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
    • Saskatoon Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Sutherland Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba
    • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Manitoba Yard (BNSF Manitoba)
    • East Yard (CN, now the Forks)*
    • Fort Rouge Yard (CN)
      • Via Rail Winnipeg Maintenance Centre (Via Rail)
    • Greater Winnipeg Water District St. Boniface Yard (GWWDR)
    • North Transcona Yard (CP)
      • Central Manitoba Railway Yard (CEMR)
    • St. Boniface Yard (CPR)
    • Symington Yard (CN, Intermodal and Hump Yard)
    • Transcona Yard (CN)
    • Winnipeg Yard (CP, Intermodal and Hump Yard)
      • Weston Shops
  • Thunder Bay, Ontario
    • Thunder Bay Yard (CP, Intermodal, Marshalling and Grain Staging)
    • Neebing Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Sudbury, Ontario
    • Sudbury Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Capreol Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Toronto, Ontario
    • Toronto Yard (CP, Hump Yard)
    • Don Yard (GO Transit layover facility, ex-CN Don Sorting Yard)
    • North Bathurst Yard (GO Transit layover facility)
    • Vaughan Intermodal Terminal (CP, Intermodal)
    • Obico Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • MacMillan Yard (CN, Hump Yard)
    • Brampton Intermodal Terminal (CN, Intermodal)
    • Lambton/West Toronto Yards (CP, Marshalling)
    • Willowbrook Yard Facility (GO Transit Passenger Yard)
    • Toronto Maintenance Facility (TMC)/Mimico Yard (Via Rail Passenger Yard, CN Marshaling)
    • Oakville (CN, Marshalling)
    • Aldershot (CN, Marshalling)
  • Hamilton, Ontario
    • Aberdeen Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Stuart St. Yard (CN/SOR, Marshalling)
    • Parkdale Yard (CN/SOR, Marshalling)
  • London, Ontario
    • Quebec St. Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • London Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Sarnia, Ontario
    • Sarnia Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Englehart, Ontario (ONR, Marshalling)
  • Ottawa, Ontario
    • Walkley Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Montreal, Quebec
    • Taschereau Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling – former hump yard)
    • St. Luc Yard (CP, Marshalling, Expressway)
    • Lachine (CP, Intermodal)
    • Hochelaga Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • Turcot (CN, Intermodal – Abandoned)
    • Rivière-des-Prairies (CN, Marshalling)
    • Southwark Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Farnham, Quebec (MMA, Marshalling)
  • Trois-Rivières, Quebec (CFQG, Marshalling)
  • Saint-Georges [Mauricie,] Quebec
    • Garneau Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Quebec City, Quebec
    • Joffre Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Sainte-Foy (CN, Marshalling)
    • Henri-IV Yard (CFQG, Marshalling)
    • Limoilou (CN/CFC, Marshalling)
  • Mont-Joli, Quebec (CN, Marshalling)
  • La Tuque, Quebec
    • Fitzpatrick Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Richmond, Quebec (CN/SLQ, Marshalling)
  • Moncton, New Brunswick
    • Gordon Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Saint John, New Brunswick
    • Island Yard (CN/NBSR, Marshalling/Intermodal)
    • Dever Rd. Yard (NBSR, Marshalling)
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
    • Rockingham Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Truro, Nova Scotia (CN/CBNS, Marshalling)
  • Stellarton, Nova Scotia (CBNS, Marshalling)

USA

By state in alphabetical order:

  • Connecticut
    • New Haven: Cedar Hill Yard (CSX/Providence & Worcester)
  • Illinois
    • Champaign: Champaign Yard (CN)
    • Chicago area
      • 14th Street Coach Yard (Metra)
      • 47th Street Yard (NS, intermodal)
      • 59th Street Yard (CSX, intermodal, switched by Chicago Rail Link)
      • Ashland Avenue Yard (NS, carload freight)
      • Aurora (Metra commuter coach yard for BNSF route)
      • Barr Yard (CSX)
      • Bedford Park Yard (CSX, intermodal, switched by Chicago Rail Link)
      • Bensenville Yard (CP)
      • Blue Island Yard (Indiana Harbor Belt)
      • Burnham Yard (South Shore Freight)
      • Burr Oak Yard (Iowa Interstate / Chicago Rail Link)
      • Calumet Yard (NS)
      • Clearing Yard (BRC, Hump Yard, Intermodal. Marshalling)
      • Cicero Yard (BNSF, intermodal)
      • Commercial Avenue Yard BRC
      • Corwith Yards (BNSF, Intermodal)
      • East Joliet Yard (Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, now CN)
      • Eola Yard (BNSF)
      • Glenn Yard (CN)
      • Global I (UP, intermodal)
      • Global II (UP, intermodal)
      • Global III (UP, intermodal)
      • Global IV (UP, intermodal)
      • Homewood Yard (CN)
      • Irondale Yard (Chicago Rail Link)
      • Landers Yard (NS, intermodal)
      • Logistics Park (BNSF, intermodal)
      • Markham Yard (CN)
      • Schiller Park Yard (CP)
      • South Chicago Yard (South Chicago & Indiana Harbor Railroad)
      • Proviso Yard (UP Hump Yard, Intermodal, Marshalling)
      • Western Avenue (Metra commuter coach yards, formerly two separate yards, C&NW, now UP, Milwaukee Road)
      • Yard Center (UP)
    • Decatur: Decatur Yard [NS)
    • Dupo: Dupo Yard (UP)
    • East Peoria, Illinois: East Peoria Yard (TZPR)
    • East Peoria, Illinois: East Peoria Yard (Toledo, Peoria & Western)
    • East Saint Louis: Gateway Yard (64)(Alton and Southern Railway - Hump Yard)
    • Galesburg: Galesburg Yard (BNSF – Hump Yard)
    • Havana: Quiver Yard (Illinois & Midland Railroad)
    • Kankakee: Kankakee Yard (NS)
    • Madison: Madison Yard (TRRA)
    • Pekin: Powerton Yard (Illinois & Midland Railroad)
    • Silvis: Silvis Yard (Iowa Interstate)
    • Springfield: Shops Yard (Illinois & Midland Railroad)
  • Indiana
  • Louisiana
    • New Orleans:
      • Avondale Yards (UP and BNSF)
      • Gentilly Yard (CSX)
      • Mays Yard (CN)
      • Oliver Yard (NS)
      • France Yard (NOPB)
  • Oklahoma
    • Owasso: Owasso Yard (SLWC/SKOL)
    • Tulsa: Cherokee Yard (BNSF)

Mexico

Europe

British Isles

North Wall yard in Dublin is used for loading per way materials trains and stabling unused stock. Also host a small wagon repair shop used to maintain ore and container wagons.

Nordic countries

Baltic states and Kaliningrad oblast

Eastern Europe

  • Belarus
    • Maladsetschna: (11)
    • Minsk: (marshalling yard) (21)
    • Orscha: (at main station) (12?)
    • Mahiljou: (on the Dnepr river) (16)
    • Schlobin:
    • Homel: (unusual bilateral yard, with two marshalling sections on different lines) Homel'-Nečetnyj line (21), Minsk and Homel'-Četnyj (12) tracks in the direction of the route from Brest
    • Baranawitschy: (located at central station) (15)
    • Brest-Vostočny : 'Eastern' (10 + 13)
    • Brest -Severny 'northern' (12 + 12): Dual gauge system
  • Ukraine
    • Konotop
    • Kiev: Darnytsia (24 + 18)
    • Kowel: Kovel' (11)
    • Lvov: Klepariv (19), L'viv-Zachod (Western railway station) (20)
    • Tschop: Čop (16), Vuzlovoje (16)
    • Schmerynka/Winnyzja: Žmerynka-Podil's'ka, Žmerynka-Vantažnaja (railway station) (22?)
    • Snamjanka: Znam'janka-Sortuval'na (marshalling yard) (28)
    • Krementschuk: Kremenčuk-Čeredniki
    • Poltava: Poltava-Pivdenna-Sortuval'na (southern marhalling yard) (21)
    • Kharkov: Osnova (28 + 20), Charkiv-Sortuval'nyj (22)
    • Kupjansk: Kup'jans'k-Sortuval'nyj (bilateral yard 24? + 16?)
    • Donbass:
      • Krasnyj Lyman: (zweiseitig, 33 + 24)
      • Horliwka: Mykytjivka (15 + 17)
      • Debalzewe: Debal'ceve-Sortuval'na (28 + 23)
      • Ilowajsk: Ilovajs'k (17 + 12)
      • Donetsk: Yasynuvata-Sortuval'na (32 + 42)
      • Krasnoarmijs'k
    • Wolnowacha: Volnovacha (20)
    • Saporischschja: Zaporižžja-Live (22)
    • Dnipropetrowsk: Nyžn'odniprovs'k-Vuzol (railway junction) (31 + 16)
    • Krywyj Rih: Kryvyj Rih-Sortuval'nyj (marshalling yard) (21)
    • Odessa: Odessa-Sortuval'na, Odessa-Zastava I (22)
    • Rosdilna: Rozdil'na-Sortuval'na (28)
    • Mykolajiw: Mykolajiv-Sortuval'nyj (18)
    • Dschankoj: Džankoj (24)
  • Moldova

Central Europe

Germany

In Germany due to ongoing rationalisation it is likely that some yards will close. The ones likely to continue in operation are marked in bold.

Benelux countries

France

Alpine countries

Southeastern Europe

Southern Europe

Russia

North-West
Central
Volga Region
Urals
West Siberian

Asia

China (mainland)
Hong Kong
  • Ho Tung Lau Depot – maintenance facility for East Rail line
  • Pat Heung Depot – maintenance facility for West Rail line
  • Siu Ho Wan Depot – for Tung Chung line
  • Hung Hum Yard
  • Shatin Freight Yard
  • Hung Hom Freight Freight Terminus/Yard
  • Kowloon Freight Yard
  • Mongkok Freight Yard
  • Lo Wu Freight and Marshalling Yard
  • Ho Man Tin Freight Terminal
  • Sheung Shui Slaughter House
  • Pat Heung Depot
  • Tai Wai Maintenance Centre
  • Ho Tung Lau Depot
  • Fo Tan Goodsyard
South Korea
  • Busan : Busan Rail Yard, Busan High Speed Rail Yard (77, Gaya station)
  • Daejeon : Daejeon Rail Yard (60, Daejeon Yard station)
  • Goyang : Seoul High Speed Rail Yard (Haengsin station)
  • Jecheon : Jecheon Rail Yard (70, Jecheon Yard station)
  • Seoul : Seoul Rail Yard (102, Susaek station)
Turkey
Thailand

Africa

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

South America

See also

References

  1. ^ Terence Richard Gourvish (1986), British Railways, 1948-73: a business history, p. 289. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-26480-4
  2. ^ Russell Haywood (2009), Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948-2008, p. 128. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0-7546-7392-8
  3. ^ Further Reading: Michael Rhodes (1989), The Illustrated History of British Marshalling Yards. OPC Railprint. ISBN 0-86093-367-9
  4. ^ Connected Facilities Details, Network Rail, 2009
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