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Ashendon Junction

Ashendon Junction in Buckinghamshire, England, was a major mainline railway junction where, from July 1910, the Great Western Railway's (GWR) London-Birmingham direct route diverged from the Great Central Railway's (GCR) main London-Sheffield route.

Kysak

Kysak railway station is an important railway junction, where the Košice–Plaveč–Čirč–Muszyna railway diverges towards Poland from the Košice–Žilina railway, which is part of Slovakia's main east-west rail corridor.

Marsh Farm Junction

Marsh Farm Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire where the GWR's line from Buildwas via Much Wenlock joined the LNWR/GWR joint line between Shrewsbury and Hereford.


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Adra, Purulia

An important railway junction, Adra railway station connects to Asansol on the Howrah-Delhi Main Line, Tatanagar on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line, Kharagpur on the Kolkata-Chennai and Kolkata-Mumbai lines, and Gomoh on the Kolkata-Delhi line.

Ban Phachi Junction

Ban Phachi Junction is a railway junction located in Phachi District, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand.

Böblingen station

According to the plans of Professor Johannes Mährlen, an adviser to King William I, and Otto Elben, a Member of the Oberamt Böblingen, a railway junction would be built at Böblingen,with lines running to Calw, Horb and Tübingen.

Bologoye

In the second half of the 19th century, the RybinskPskovVindava railway passed through Bologoye, turning it into a large railway junction.

Clee Hill Junction

Clee Hill Junction was a railway junction in Shropshire, England, where the goods only line from Titterstone Clee Hill joined the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, a LNWR/GWR joint line.

Dharapadavedu

Vellore-Katpadi Railway junction is located here.It is also a part of katpadi locality.

Engers station

Engers station is a through station and a former railway junction in the district of Engers in the town of Neuwied in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Gay Meadow

Whilst Gay Meadow was well regarded by fans, and traditionalists within the English game, the ground was in a cramped location, being situated between the River Severn and a major railway junction.

Georgiyevsk

Georgiyevsk is a railway junction with connections to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Grozny, Vladikavkaz, Mineralnye Vody, Prokhladny, Budyonnovsk, and Nezlobnaya.

Ghari Momin

Ghari Momin is a small village, which is connected through Akbarpura town, located in Nowshehra, Rajouri district with G T Road at Taru Railway junction.

Iksan

The railway junction is located at the point where Jeolla, Janghang Line and Gunsan Lines meet the Honam Line, and is served by frequent train service to/from Seoul, Daejeon, Gwangju, Mokpo, Jeonju, Suncheon, and Yeosu.

Jalamb

There is railway junction namely Jalamb Junction and is located between Nandura and Shegaon on Bhusawal - Badnera section of Bhusawal division of Central Railway.

Jasidih–Dumka–Rampurhat railway line

The new railway line takes off from Dumka towards the north and will connect with Bhagalpur railway junction.

Jecheon

The city is a major railway junction (transportation mecca), served by the Jungang, Chungbuk and Taebaek Lines.

Jolarpet

Jolarpet Junction is one of the biggest Railway Junction in Tamil Nadu State.

Junction Mill, Middleton Junction

Middleton Junction took its name from the railway junction where the Oldham branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) joined the main line.

Korday

Buses, passenger vans, and taxis take passengers from the Kyrgyz side of the crossing to Bishkek and from the Kazakh side to the railway junction of Shu, Kazakhstan, while others go directly between Bishkek and Almaty thru the Korday checkpoint.

Kota Airport

Originally serviced by Indian Airlines Dakota aircraft and later by Vayudoot and Jagson Airlines, shutdown of major industries and Kota becoming a major railway junction led to demand for air travel decreasing, prompting the airlines to stop their services.

Longmorn

This village was once a small railway junction, and the beginning of the Birnie Distillery rail spur; the now disused Elgin to Craigellachie line then continued south to Aviemore and beyond.

Luninets

In 1888, while under Russian sovereignty, a railway junction was built in Luninets, linking it by rail to Warsaw, Rivne, Vilna and Homel, and a proper railroad station was added in 1905.

Marefield Junction

Marefield Junction was a railway junction in Marefield, Leicestershire, England.

Niederstaufenbach

Serving Altenglan 5 km away is Altenglan station, which is on the Landstuhl–Kusel railway and is served by Regionalbahn service RB 67, called the Glantalbahn (the name of which refers to the Glan Valley Railway, which shared some of the route of the Landstuhl–Kusel line, including the former railway junction at Altenglan).

NSS College of Engineering

The campus is situated in NSS Nagar at Akathethara, 9 km from Palakkad town, and 3 km from the Palakkad Railway Junction.

Opinel knife

The company hired peddlers to sell the knives and opened a small shop near the Chambéry railway junction, where the knives became popular with PLM railroad workers, who in turn spread word of the brand throughout France.

Pravara Rural Engineering College

To reach Loni the nearest Railway Junction is Manmad (85 Kilometers) and the nearest station is Belapur (Shrirampur) (22 Kilometers).

Radolfzell

Radolfzell is a well known health care city (Mettnau) and an important railway junction of the Upper Rhine Railway and the Hegau-Ablach Valley Railway (leading to the Bodenseegürtel Railway).

Sarupsar

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

Sirsiya

Sirsiya is now known for its Inland Container Depot (ICD) or Dry Port that is very close to the border with India and connected to Raxaul railway junction in India across the border.

Sławno

Sławno is a railway junction on the major Gdańsk - Szczecin line, with access to secondary importance connections to Darłowo and Korzybie.

Southall East Junction

Southall East Junction is a railway junction in the vicinity of Southall on the outskirts of London, England on the former GWR main line.

Spich station

Spich station is a railway junction in the district of Spich of the town of Troisdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, on the Sieg Railway.

Stalać

It is an important railway junction, where the westbound railway to Kraljevo splits from the main Belgrade-Niš Railway on the Pan-European Corridor X.

Troisdorf station

Troisdorf station is a railway junction in the town of Troisdorf in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the line from Cologne separates into the East Rhine Railway to Neuwied and the Sieg Railway to Siegen.

Varna railway station

Today, it is a key railway junction with three lines to Sofia and separate lines to Karnobat, Rousse, Plovdiv, Pleven, Shumen, Dobrich, etc.

Welham Junction

Welham Junction was a railway junction named after the village of Welham, Leicestershire, although the junction itself lay within the parish of Weston by Welland, Northamptonshire.