Keilbahnhof
Keilbahnhof (plural: Keilbahnhöfe, literally: "wedge station") is the German word for a station located between branching tracks.[1] There appears to be no direct English equivalent for this term, which appears in the route diagrams of German railway lines. In a keilbahnhof, the platforms curve in opposite directions so that they are parallel at one end of the station & not at the other.
Examples in Germany
- Altshausen station on the Herbertingen–Aulendorf and Altshausen–Schwackenreute railways
- Berga-Kelbra station on the Halle–Hann. Münden railway
- Döbeln Hauptbahnhof on the Riesa–Chemnitz and Borsdorf–Coswig railways
- Elsterwerda-Biehla station on the Węgliniec–Roßlau railway
- Hagenow Land station on the Berlin-Hamburg and Hagenow Land–Schwerin railways
- Nordstemmen, Northeim (Han) and Kreiensen stations on the Hanoverian Southern Railway
- Wittenberge station on the Berlin–Hamburg Railway
- Zwickau Hauptbahnhof on the Dresden–Werdau and Schwarzenberg–Zwickau railways
Examples elsewhere
- Kidsgrove railway station on the Stafford–Manchester and Crewe to Derby lines
- Helsby railway station on the Chester to Manchester and Ellesmere Port to Warrington lines
References
- ^ Ernst, Dr.-Ing. Richard (1989). Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik (5th ed.). Wiesbaden: Oscar Brandstetter, 1989. ISBN 3-87097-145-2.