Branch line

Because industrial spurs generally have less capacity and traffic than a mainline, they tend to have lower maintenance and signaling (train control) standards.Industries of the era were commonly built along railroad lines specifically to allow for easy access to shipping.As automobile and roadway technology improved throughout the early and mid-20th century, most low volume industry spurs were abandoned in favor of the greater flexibility and economic savings of trucking.Today, railroads remain the most economical way to ship large quantities of material, a fact that is reflected in industrial spurs.They were typically built to lower standards, using lighter rail and shallow roadbeds when compared to main lines.This was historically driven by factors such as the Crow Rate, which regulated the price railways could charge for shipping grain.[5][6] In the United States, abandonment of unproductive branch lines was a byproduct of deregulation of the rail industry through the Staggers Act.Discontinued services include the Sha Tau Kok Railway and the Wo Hop Shek Branch.Those that remain serve ports or industries far from main lines such as coal mines, logging operations, large dairying factories, and steelworks.
Railway connection between the new Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railway and Germany's historical rail network.
The "0-kilometre peg" marks the start of a branch line in Western Australia .
Conrail Shared Assets Operations ' Hainesport Industrial Track is a prime example of a freight branch line. This line sees one short freight train a day primarily to serve a paper mill, industrial park, and lumber yard in Mount Laurel , Hainesport , and Mount Holly, New Jersey , respectively. The nearest main line railroad is roughly six miles (9.7 km) from where this photograph was taken.
Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railwayWestern Australiamain linerailcarsrailcarsidingsautomobileVatican RailwayPisa-Rome railwayRoma San Pietro railway stationVatican City stationBeeching cutsheritage railwaysStourbridge Town Branch LineStourbridge JunctionStourbridge TownConrail Shared Assets OperationsMount LaurelHainesportMount Holly, New Jerseynearest main line railroadcommon carriershort-line railroadspower stationRail transport in CanadaGrand TrunkCanadian NationalCanadian Pacificshort line railwaysAlgoma Eastern RailwayCrow RatePrairieWestern Grain Transportation ActNorth American Free Trade AgreementDavid Blyth HannaCanadian National RailwayRail transportation in the United StatesStaggers ActPrinceton Branchcommuter railNew Jersey TransitNew JerseyNortheast Corridor LinePrinceton JunctionPrincetonGladstone BranchNew Canaan BranchDanbury BranchWaterbury BranchConnecticutLong Island Rail RoadBiotrénLok Ma Chau Spur LineLok Ma Chau stationSouth Tseung Kwan O Spur LineLOHAS Park stationEast Rail lineRacecourse stationFo Tan stationEast Tsim Sha Tsui stationKowloon Southern LinkWest Rail lineSha Tau Kok RailwayWo Hop Shek BranchDelhi MetroBlue LineYamuna BankGhaziabadAnand Vihar ISBTAnand ViharVaishaliMohan NagarEast West LineChangi AirportNorth South LineJurong EastChoa Chu KangBranch lineJurong Region LineCross Island LineSouth IslandCanterburySouthlandWest CoastNorth IslandBay of Plenty RegionindustriessteelworksAucklandWellingtonlist of New Zealand railway linesCanadian RailCanadian Railroad Historical AssociationUniversity of Toronto PressPeople