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Keilbahnhof

Keilbahnhof (plural: Keilbahnhöfe, literally: "wedge station") is the German word for a station located between branching tracks. There appears to be no direct English equivalent for this term, which appears in the route diagrams of German railway lines.

Examples in Germany:

  • Berga-Kelbra station on the Halle-Kassel line
  • Hagenow Land station on the Berlin-Hamburg Railway
  • Niebüll station on the Marsh Railway
  • Nordstemmen station on the North-South railway
  • Wittenberge station, Brandenburg