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Switches and crossings are the essential elements of railway lines, stations and yards, in that they allow a train to change directions or a vehicle to be transferred from one track to another. Their main characteristics and classifications are concisely described in this chapter.
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Guerrieri, M. (2023). Basics of Switches and Crossings. In: Fundamentals of Railway Design. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24030-0_7
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