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CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAY STATION COMPLEXES

AND THEIR LOCATION IN THE CITY STRUCTURE

There are several classifications of railway station buildings: depending on the position on the main line, the capacity, the categories of passengers and the layout of the passenger building relative to the railway tracks (planning feature). It is allowed to design the following types of platforms depending on the type of station and the location of the passenger building (or group of buildings) in relation to the railway tracks:

—side or coastal type of station, when the station is located on the side of the receiving and departure tracks, usually from the main, largest and most built-up areas of the city and other settlements;

—island type of station, when the station building is located between the receiving and sending tracks and other tracks;

—dead-end station type, when the station building is located, as a rule, perpendicular to the receiving and sending tracks of the dead-end type: U- shaped, T-shaped, L-shaped, perpendicular and nodal options;

—combined, combining the features of two or three types listed above.

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