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

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 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

Hoboken TErminal in Hoboken, NJ

NJ Transit

has 300 switches in the yard to accommodate 17 tracks that form into four tracks

Answer 6

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?mi...

Answer 7

I agree with Mark B.

Answer 8

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