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unusual facts about junction station



Montreux railway station

In 1901, the station became a junction station upon the opening of the first section of the metre gauge Montreux-Oberland Bernois railway (MOB), between Montreux and its higher altitude suburb of Les Avants.

Romanshorn

Romanshorn railway station, opened in 1855, forms the junction between the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway, the Schaffhausen–Rorschach railway and the Romanshorn–Nesslau Neu St. Johann railway.


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Battle of Mughar Ridge

After a pause for the artillery to be brought forward, the second phase attacks on the final objectives of Junction Station for the 75th and al-Mansura for the 52nd (Lowland) Divisions were to be made.

Brindisi railway station

On 30 December 1886, Brindisi became a junction station, when the final section of the Taranto–Brindisi railway was opened, between Mesagne and Brindisi.

Ellesmere Port to Warrington Line

The route follows the Birkenhead Joint (LNWR & GWR) Ellesmere Port branch with stations at Stanlow and Thornton and Ince and Elton to the village and junction station at Helsby where it joins the Chester to Manchester Line through to Warrington Bank Quay railway station.

Erding Ring Closure

After another 13.2 km a junction station would be built on the grounds of the Erding Air Base that can accommodate both Munich S-Bahn trains and regional trains from the southeast using the “Walpertskirchen clasp” (Walpertskirchener Spange).

Gudur railway station

It is a major junction station with branch lines to Arakkonam and Vellore Katpadi via Tirupati.

Limpley Stoke

It was the junction station for the former branch line to Camerton, Somerset, on which The Titfield Thunderbolt was filmed.

Muri Junction railway station

Muri Junction, station code MURI, is the railway station serving the city of Muri, Ranchi in the Ranchi district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Murtajapur

Murtajapur railway station is the junction station of the 762mm narrow gauge railway known locally as the Shakuntala Railway.

Newburgh railway station

Newburgh became a junction station on 25 January 1909, when the Newburgh and North Fife Railway company opened a line from Newburgh to Dundee.

Niederhöchstadt station

Niederhöchstadt station is a junction station in the Niederhöchstadt district of the town of Eschborn in the German state of Hesse.

Patliputra Junction

Patliputra Junction, station code PPTA, is the railway station serving the capital city of Patna in the Patna district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Saransk

Formerly, Saransk was also served by two daily PenzaNizhny Novgorod passenger trains, carrying passengers from nearby villages mainly to either Ruzayevka junction station and Penza or to Arzamas and Nizhny Novgorod.

Sarupsar

Sarupsar Junction (IR Station code SRPR) is an important railway junction station under Ajmer division of North Western Railway zone of Indian Railways.

Starý Smokovec railway station

The station was finally transformed into a junction station on 13 August 1912, when the rest of the TEŽ's main line was completed between Starý Smokovec and Štrbské Pleso.