Category:Railway Network

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Railway Network

Railway network All the route miles that go to make up a railway system.

1. Railway passenger network All the route miles used by passenger trains that go to make up a railway system.
2. Railway network model
   1. Localized linkage
   2. Network integration
   3. Network intensification
   4. Selection

Rail line Route followed by a particular railway.

1. Up line Line traveling towards the company’s office (in Britain, usually London).
2. Down line Line traveling away from the company’s office.

Multiple track Track with running lines in addition to up and down lines.

Main track (cant, High iron) (AmE) (BrE, Main line; Trunk line) Primary trunk line where all major services run.

1. Feeder line (AmE) (BrE, Branch line) Part of a railway network that branches off the main line to service a town, or industry, or connect with another line.
   1. Jerk (AmE, parlance) Branch line.
2. Local line Line normally exclusively used by suburban or stopping passenger trains.
3. Tap line (AmE) Short feeder line, owned by an industrial concern, leading from regular tracks to factory or warehouse.
4. Spur Very small branch going to a factory or yard.
   1. Stub (AmE, cant) (BrE, Dead-end) Short spur ending in buffer stops.
5. Sidetrack (AmE) (BrE, Siding) Short track connected to the mainline, and used for bypassing or refuge when a train breaks down.
   1. Passing siding (AmE) (AmE, cant Hole) Siding specifically for passing trains in either the same or opposite directions, can be several miles long.
6. Balloon track (AmE, railroad term) Reversible loop that allows a train to urn around completely.

Regional railroad (AmE) Railroad bigger than a shortline but smaller than a major railroad, usually a Class 2 railroad.

Shortline (AmE) Railroad generally with less than 100 miles of mainline track and operated as a small independent company.

Terminal railroad (Switching railroad) Railroad whose business is not point-to-point transportation but rather pickup and delivery service for a connecting line-haul railroad. They usually receive a flat per-car payment for their services.

Line-haul railroad (AmE) Railroad that performs point-to-point service, as distinguished from a switching or terminal railroad.

Shorthaul To move traffic a shorter distance than the maximum possible for a given railroad between two points.

Railhead End of a line, beyond which there are not railway facilities.

Route mile Mile of railway line without regard to the number of tracks on the line.

Track mile Mile of track, so that double track line count as separate distances.

Last spike (AmE) Completion of a railroad line, usually accompanied with appropriate ceremony.

• See also Canadian railways

Roadname (AmE) Title of a railroad line, often painted on the sides of rolling stock.

Livery Color scheme used by a railway company.

Proprietary company (AmE) Corporation owning all or a controlling portion of the shares of another.

Consolidation Unification of two or more corporations by their dissolution and the creation of a single new corporation.

Abandon v To cease operating all or part of a route or service, especially with the intent of never again resuming it.