Railway Station Layout
There are 15 tracks, 11 of which along a platform:
- 4 island platforms with on both sides tracks along the full length (tracks 4/5, 7/8, 10/11, 13/14)
- 1 side platform with 1 track along the full length (15)
- 1 bay platform / side platform with 2 tracks (1/2)
10 of the 11 tracks along a platform have an a-side and a b-side (all except track 1), so there are 21 places where a train can be positioned for getting on and off.
One has a side track along the full length (track 2); on the other side, there is track only at the west end (track 1; bay platform), along the rest of the platform is the station building.
Tracks 3, 6, 9, and 12 have no platform.
Diagram (platforms are yellow, tunnels are grey, north is up):
| 15a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 15b | |||
| 14a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 14b | |||
| 13a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 13b | |||
| 12a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 12b | |||
| 11a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 11b | |||
| 10a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 10b | |||
| 9a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 9b | |||
| 8a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 8b | |||
| 7a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 7b | |||
| 6a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 6b | |||
| 5a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 5b | |||
| 4a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 4b | |||
| 3a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 3b | |||
| 2a | ========== | ========== | ========== | ========== | 2b | |||
| 1 | ==== |
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