I wish to view the most number of rail tracks crisscrossing each other at one place?

Question

We often see rail tracks crossing or merging in one other to facilitate trains divert their tracks. Can anyone please guide me to view a picture with most number of tracks criss-crossing one other at one place, making it the most complicated rail track in the world?

Answer 1

Sydney yard at Central Station in Sydney, Australia has a number of interlockings, probably 50 or so, to accommodate trains arriving or departing from the 15 interurban platforms. Don't know if it's the largest however, and don't know where there are any photos.

Answer 2

Problably the approaches to any major station. London Waterloo (with 25 Platforms merging into 8 lines towards Vauxhall) would probably be a good bet, don't think its the most complicated in the world but is a fairly good example.

Clapham Junction is pretty complex, but most of the routing is done in advance because of the sheer volume of trains.

Answer 3

Clapham Junction, London, UK. It is one of the largest railway stations in the world (19 platforms) and the busiest, with a train passing through on average every 2 minutes.

It carries nearly all the main line and suburban services south of the Thames and has connections to the main lines to the north as well.

Answer 4

it may be an extremely undesirable theory to objective to scrap railroad tracks without permission. that's stealing. purely because of the fact they have not been in use for some years does not mean which you would be able to take it and attempt to scrap it. And the two way, in case you have not have been given a splash bit paper pointing out which you legally ripped up the tracks and have been given the scrap metallic, the scrap yards choose no area of it. inspite of the shown fact that, in case you get permission, you may get good funds for railroad metallic. that's the utmost high quality generally used (a minimum of on non-cease Welded Rail) metallic because of the fact of what the metallic helps. So a familiar precis is get permission and additionally you would be effective.

Answer 5

One of the most famous places in the UK where rails crossed each other was on the east end of Newcastle Central station in Northumberland, I've found a picture for you at:- http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx?mid=2638617&epmid=1&partner=Google

Answer 6

Hoboken TErminal in Hoboken, NJ
NJ Transit
has 300 switches in the yard to accommodate 17 tracks that form into four tracks

Answer 7

Even after re-modelling in the last ten years, Clapham Junction is still the most complex junction in the world.

Answer 8

Clapham Junction near London is supposed to be one of the largest. You can probably find plenty of videos and photos on the net, you can find it on Google Earth too.

Answer 9

I agree with Mark B.