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==Usage== ==Usage==
This junction is used to allow trains to turn around and go in the opposite direction on a 2-track, right-of-way, railway. For example, a train on the northbound track (Track 1) turning southbound would crossover the juction onto the southbound track (Track 2), turn around, and proceed south in Track 2. This junction can be used to allow trains to turn around and go in the opposite direction on a two-track, right-of-way, railway. For example, a train on the northbound track turning southbound would crossover the junction onto the southbound track, turn around, and proceed south.


On a crowded system, the use of crossovers or switches in general will reduce throughput, as the switches must be changed for each train. For this reason, on some high-capacity ] systems, crossovers between local and express tracks are not used during normal ] service, and service patterns are planned around the designs of the usually ] at each end of the local-express line. On a crowded system, the use of crossovers or switches in general will reduce throughput, as the switches must be changed for each train. For this reason, on some high-capacity ] systems, crossovers between local and express tracks are not used during normal ] service, and service patterns are planned around the designs of the usually ] at each end of the local-express line.

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A scissors crossover: two pairs of switches linking two tracks to each other in both directions

A crossover is a pair of switches that connects two parallel rail tracks, allowing a train on one track to cross over to the other. When two crossovers are present in opposite directions, in the shape of the letter X, the four-switch configuration is called a scissors crossover, double crossover, or diamond crossover.

In a setup where each of the two tracks normally carries trains of only one direction, the crossover can be used either to wrong-rail around an obstruction or to reverse direction. The crossover can also join two tracks of the same direction, possibly a pair of local and express tracks, and allow trains to switch from one to the other.

Usage

This junction can be used to allow trains to turn around and go in the opposite direction on a two-track, right-of-way, railway. For example, a train on the northbound track turning southbound would crossover the junction onto the southbound track, turn around, and proceed south.

On a crowded system, the use of crossovers or switches in general will reduce throughput, as the switches must be changed for each train. For this reason, on some high-capacity rapid transit systems, crossovers between local and express tracks are not used during normal rush hour service, and service patterns are planned around the designs of the usually flying junctions at each end of the local-express line.

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