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A level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front of opposing traffic at grade (i.e. on the level).
A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge. The physical connection between the tracks of the two routes (assuming they are of the same gauge) is provided by turnouts (US: switches ) and signalling .
Ratho Low Level: North British Railway: 1930 Rathven: Highland Railway: 1915 Raunds: Midland Railway: 1959 Ravelrig Junction Platform: Caledonian Railway: 1920 Ravenscar: NER: 1965 Ravenscraig: Caledonian Railway: 1944 Ravensthorpe Lower: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway: 1952 Ravenstonedale: NER: 1952 Rawlinson Bridge: Bolton and Preston ...
At railway stations, a pedestrian level crossing is sometimes provided to allow passengers to reach other platforms in the absence of an underpass or bridge, or for disabled access. Where third rail systems have level crossings, there is a gap in the third rail over the level crossing, but this does not necessarily interrupt the power supply to ...
Double junction, or level junction (left hand running). A double junction is a railway junction where a double-track railway splits into two double track lines. Usually, one line is the main line and carries traffic through the junction at normal speed, while the other track is a branch line that carries traffic through the junction at reduced speed.
Level crossing; Level junction; R. ... Railway turntable; S. Swingnose crossing; T. Tram roundabout; W. Wye (rail) This page was last edited on 10 May 2023 ...
[27] [28] The Hull and Barnsley Railway was unable to complete its planned lines and by an act of Parliament, the Halifax High Level and North and South Junction Railway Act 1886 (50 Vict. c. xliv) of 1886, the Halifax High Level Railway was reduced to the Holmfield to St Paul's section. Authorised capital was £360,000. [27]
A grade-separated rail interchange is known as a flying junction and one which is not a level junction. In 1897, the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) made use of a flying junction at Worting Junction south of Basingstoke to allow traffic on the Salisbury and Southampton routes to converge without conflicting movements; this became known ...