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List of important marshalling yards in geographical order.

Cited are important marshalling yards for the formation of freight/goods trains, and/or with a large volume of traffic, and/or with a very extensive track systems; including marshalling yards, hump yards, freight handling yards, and intermodal (container) terminals.

Contents

Notes

  • Names of the nearest cities etc are presented in the common usage, and shown first followed by a colon, unless the specific yard name is known (which will be presented in the form native to their country. possibly transliterated)
  • If known, the number of tracks are shown in brackets, with two numbers eg (xx + xx) for yards with 'up' and 'down' lines.
  • It does not amount to an exhaustive list.
  • Yards marked with a star (asterisk) are no longer in use.
  • The nearest city of town is given first: if the yard has a well known name that differs.

North and Central America

Canada

From west to east:

  • Vancouver, British Columbia
    • Coquitlam Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Thornton Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • North Vancouver Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Kamloops, British Columbia
    • Kamloops CP Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Kamloops CN Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Golden, British Columbia
    • Golden Yard (CP, Coal Staging Yard)
  • Edmonton, Alberta
    • Walker Yard (CN, Hump Yard)
    • McBain Yard (CN, Intermodal)
    • Cloverbar Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Strathcona Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Calgary, Alberta
    • Alyth Yard (CP, Hump Yard)
    • Shepard Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • Sacree Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
    • Moose Jaw Yard (CP, Marshalling)
  • Regina, Saskatchewan
    • Regina Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Warell Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
    • Saskatoon Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Sutherland Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba
    • Symington Yard (CN, Intermodal and Hump Yard) - one of the largest in the world
    • Rugby Yard (CP, Intermodal and Hump Yard)
  • Thunder Bay, Ontario
    • Thunder Bay Yard (CP, Intermodal, Marshalling and Grain Staging)
    • Neebing Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Sudbury, Ontario
    • Sudbury Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Capreol Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Toronto, Ontario
    • Agincourt Yard (CP, Hump Yard)
    • Vaughan Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • Obico Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • MacMillan Yard (CN, Hump Yard)
    • Brampton Yard (CN, Intermodal)
  • Hamilton, Ontario
    • Aberdeen Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Bayview Yard (CN/SOR, Marshalling)
  • London, Ontario
    • London Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • London Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Sarnia, Ontario
    • Sarnia Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Montreal, Quebec
    • Taschereau Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling,(Old Hump Yard))
    • St Luc Yard (CP, Hump)
    • Lachine (CP, Intermodal)
    • Turcot (CN/CP, Marshalling)
  • Farnham, Quebec (MMA, Marshalling)
  • Mauricie, Quebec
    • Trois-Rivières, (CFQG, Marshalling)
    • Saint-George, Triage Garneau (Garneau Yard) (CN, Marshalling)
  • Quebec City, Quebec
    • Triage Joffre (CN, Marshalling)
    • Sainte-Foy Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Allenby Yard (CN/CFQG, Marshalling)
    • Limoilou Yard (CN/CFC, Marshalling)
  • Mont-Joli, Quebec (CFMG, Marshalling)
  • Moncton, New Brunswick
    • Gordon Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
    • Halifax Yard (CN, Marshalling)

USA

By state in alphabetical order:

  • Illinois
    • Champaign: Champaign Yard (CN)
    • Chicago
      • Clearing Yard (BRC, Hump Yard, Intermodal. Marshalling)
      • Bensenville Yard (CP)
      • Corwith Yards (BNSF, Intermodal)
      • Glenn Yard (CN)
      • Homewood Yard (CN)
      • Markham Yard (CN)
      • Proviso Yard (UP Hump Yard, Intermodal, Marshalling)
    • Galesburg: Galesburg Yard (BNSF - Hump Yard)
  • Indiana
    • Avon: Avon Yard (CSX)
    • Elkhart: Elkhart Young Yard (72+15) (NS)
  • Maryland
    • Baltimore
      • Bayview Yards (CSX and NS)
      • Canton Yard (NS)
      • Penn Mary Yard (CSX)
    • Cumberland: Cumberland Yard (CSX)
  • Michigan
  • Missouri
    • Kansas City: Argentine Yard (BNSF)
    • Kansas City: Neff Yard (UP)
  • Oklahoma
    • Tulsa: Cherokee Yard (BNSF)
  • Tennessee
  • West Virginia

Mexico

Europe

British Isles

  • Ireland: Within the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland there are no notable marshalling yards still extant.
  • UK (excluding Northern Ireland): British Railways undertook a major programme of investment in marshalling yards in the early 1960s, some of which were arguably obsolete before they even opened.[1][2][3] Many have since been closed entirely. Those that remain have been substantially dismantled. All, or very nearly all, now no longer have hump facilities and instead see only very limited flat-shunting.
    As of 2009, DB Schenker Rail (UK) operates the following marshalling yards,[4] defined as sites "where trains can be marshalled or re-marshalled using resident pilot locomotives, ground staff and train examination staff".
Historically significant yards, now dismantled
    • Barnsley / Doncaster: Wath concentration yard, for South Yorkshire coal traffic to Manchester (opened 1907; closed 1988)
    • Carlisle: Kingmoor Yard (opened 1963)
    • Crewe: Basford Hall Yard (opened 1901; electrified 1961; now a dedicated container train intermodal hub.)
    • Ely: Whitemoor Yard, March (opened by the LNER in 1929; now the site of Whitemoor Prison)
    • London: Temple Mills, Stratford (reconstructed 1958)
    • London: Ripple Lane Yard, Barking (opened 1958; closed 1965)
    • London: Feltham Yard (opened by LSWR 1917; closed 1969)
    • London: Cricklewood (built by the Midland Railway in the 1870s)
    • Newport: Severn Tunnel Junction Yard (reconstructed 1960/62; closed 1987)
    • Perth: (opened 1962)
    • Sheffield: Tinsley Marshalling Yard (opened 1965 closed - beginning 1985, site now an intermodal terminal)
    • York: Dringhouses (opened 1962)

Scandinavia

Baltic states and Kaliningrad oblast

Eastern Europe

  • Belarus
    • Maladsetschna: (11)
    • Minsk: (marshalling yard) (21)
    • Orscha: (at main station) (12?)
    • Mahiljou: (on the Dnepr river) (16)
    • Schlobin:
    • Homel: (unusual bilateral yard, with two marshalling sections on different lines) Homel'-Nečetnyj line (21), Minsk and Homel'-Četnyj (12) tracks in the direction of the route from Brest
    • Baranawitschy: (located at central station) (15)
    • Brest-Vostočny : 'Eastern' (10 + 13)
    • Brest -Severny 'northern' (12 + 12): Dual gauge system
  • Ukraine
    • Konotop
    • Kiev: Darnytsia (24 + 18)
    • Kowel: Kovel' (11)
    • Lvov: Klepariv (19), L'viv-Zachod (Western railway station) (20)
    • Tschop: Čop (16), Vuzlovoje (16)
    • Schmerynka/Winnyzja: Žmerynka-Podil's'ka, Žmerynka-Vantažnaja (railway station) (22?)
    • Snamjanka: Znam'janka-Sortuval'na (marshalling yard) (28)
    • Krementschuk: Kremenčuk-Čeredniki
    • Poltava: Poltava-Pivdenna-Sortuval'na (southern marhalling yard) (21)
    • Kharkov: Osnova (28 + 20), Charkiv-Sortuval'nyj (22)
    • Kupjansk: Kup'jans'k-Sortuval'nyj (bilateral yard)
    • Donbass:
      • Krasnyj Lyman (zweiseitig, 34 + ?)
      • Horliwka: Mykytjivka (15 + 17)
      • Debalzewe: Debal'ceve-Sortuval'na (29 + 23)
      • Ilowajsk: Ilovajs'k (17 + 12)
      • Donetsk: Yasynuvata-Sortuval'na (32 + 41)
      • Krasnoarmijs'k
    • Wolnowacha: Volnovacha (20)
    • Saporischschja: Zaporižžja-Live (22)
    • Dnipropetrowsk: Nyžn'odniprovs'k-Vuzol (railway junction) (31 + 16)
    • Krywyj Rih: Kryvyj Rih-Sortuval'nyj (marshalling yard) (21)
    • Odessa: Odessa-Sortuval'na, Odessa-Zastava I (22)
    • Rosdilna: Rozdil'na-Sortuval'na (28)
    • Mykolajiw: Mykolajiv-Sortuval'nyj (18)
    • Dschankoj: Džankoj (24)
  • Moldova
  • Russia

Central Europe

Germany

In Germany due to ongoing rationalisation it is likely that some yards will close. The ones likely to continue in operation are marked in bold.

  • Northern Germany
  • Eastern Germany
  • Central Germany
    • Halle (Saale) Gbf (14 currently with a 36 track system planned))
    • Leipzig: Engelsdorf (Leipzig) (26)
    • Dresden-Friedrichstadt Rbf (34)
  • Western Germany
    • Bebra Rbf (21)
    • Kassel Rbf (11 + 5 + 2, + 9 long and 4 short tracks) outdated
    • Ruhrgebiet
      • Hamm (Westf) (14) for decades was Europe's largest yard
      • Herne Wanne-Eickel Hbf
      • Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd (40)
      • Schwerte (Ruhr) (16)
      • Hagen-Vorhalle (40)
    • Siegen: Kreuztal Güterbahnhof (19)
    • Cologne: Gremberg (31 + 32); Köln-Kalk Nord (24)
    • Mainz: Mainz-Bischofsheim (22) The station is nowadays not within the political boundaries of the city of Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate, but in the municipality of Bischofsheim, Hesse
    • Saarbrücken Rbf (25)
  • Southern Germany
    • Mannheim Rbf (42 + 41) second largest Rbf in Deutschland
    • Stuttgart: Kornwestheim Rbf (35)
    • Nürnberg Rbf (60)
    • Ingolstadt Hbf (20)
    • München Nord Rbf (40)

Benelux countries

  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • Luxemburg
    • Bettemburg: Bettembourg-Triage (28)

France

Alpine countries

South Eastern Europe

Southern Europe

Russia

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Asia

Turkey

Thailand

Africa

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

South America

See also

References

  1. ^ Terence Richard Gourvish (1986), British Railways, 1948-73: a business history, p. 289. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521264804
  2. ^ Russell Haywood (2009), Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948-2008, p. 128. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0754673928
  3. ^ Further Reading: Michael Rhodes (1989), The Illustrated History of British Marshalling Yards. OPC Railprint. ISBN 0860933679
  4. ^ Connected Facilities Details, Network Rail, 2009

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