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A Y-shaped track junction on a signalling diagram.
Also known as: Turnout symbol, Railway switch symbol, Points symbol, Y junction on a diagram
On a signalling diagram points are drawn as a Y with the set route shown solid and the unset route thinner or absent. It is one of the few diagram conventions where the current state of the physical world is drawn rather than the fixed layout.
Denotes a set of railway points on a signalling or track diagram, drawn as a diverging Y.
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Shows the currently set route as the emphasised leg, so the diagram displays live state rather than only the fixed layout.
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Is numbered on signalling diagrams, and that number is how points are referred to in operating communication.
Contexts: Public information
A line branching into two diverging lines at a shallow angle, one leg drawn heavier than the other, with a number beside the divergence.