Harmelen train disaster
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The Harmelen train disaster, on 8 January 1962, was the worst railway accident in the history of the Netherlands. Harmelen, in the central Netherlands, is the location of a railway junction where a br
Aftermath of the disaster
The current flyover, near the site of the accident
Memorial to victims of the Harmelen train disaster
Level junction
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A level junction is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front o
Harmelen train disaster
…location of a railway junction where a branch to Amsterdam leaves the Rotterdam to Utrecht line. It is common at high-speed junctions to avoid the use of diamond crossings wherever possible—instead, a ladder crossing is employed where trains destined for the branch line cross over to the track normally employed for trains…
Several diamond crossings (now obsolete after removal of one track direction) in the Port of Mainz, Germany
A fully assembled level junction used where the Union Pacific and Kansas & Oklahoma tracks cross
A flat junction with a switched diamond, between the Montreal REM Airport and Anse-à-l'Orme branches.
Tower 18Northbound Wells Pink Line