List of rail yards

This article is a list of important rail yards in geographical order. These listed may be termed Classification, Freight, Marshalling, Shunting, or Switching yards, which are cultural terms generally meaning the same thing no matter which part of the world's railway traditions originated the term of art.

These 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 classification yards, hump yards, freight handling yards, and intermodal (container) terminals.

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 e.g. (xx + xx) for yards with 'up' and 'down' lines.
  • This article does not amount to an exhaustive list, and may never be complete.
  • Yards marked with a star (asterisk) may no longer be in use.
  • The nearest city of town is given first: if the yard has a well known name that differs.

North America

Canada
From west to east
  • Nanaimo, British Columbia
  • Vancouver, British Columbia
    • Coquitlam Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Mayfair Intermodal (CP, Intermodal)
    • Williston Yard (CP, Intermodal, Grain)
    • Thornton Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • North Vancouver Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Lulu Island Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Trapp Yard (SRY, Marshalling)
    • New Yard (BNSF, Marshalling)
    • Glen Yard (BNSF, Marshalling)
    • Main Yard (BNSF, Marshalling)
    • Vancouver Reliability Center (VIA, Coach Yard & Shop)
  • Kamloops, British Columbia
    • Kamloops CP Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Kamloops CN Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Golden, British Columbia
    • Golden Yard (CP, Marshalling, Coal Staging Yard)
  • Trail, British Columbia
    • Tadanac Yard (CP, Marshalling )
  • Cranbrook, British Columbia
    • Cranbrook yard (CP, Marshalling)
  • Edmonton, Alberta
    • Bissell Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Cloverbar Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Dunvegan Yard (CN, Railcar Storage)
    • Scotford Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Scotford Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Lambton Park Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • D.L. MacDonald Yard (ETS)
    • McBain Yard (CN, Intermodal)
    • Strathcona Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Walker Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Calgary, Alberta
    • Alyth Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Ogden Park (CP headquarters campus,)
    • Shepard Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • Manchester Yard (CP, Marshalling, Storage)
    • Keith Yard (CP, Marshalling, Storage)
    • Sarcee Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Calgary Logistics Park (CN, Marshalling, Intermodal, industry servicing)
    • Anderson Garage (Calgary Transit)
    • Oliver Bowen Maintenance Centre (Calgary Transit)
  • Lethbridge, Alberta
    • Kipp Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Churchill Industrial Yard (CP, Marshalling)
  • Medicine Hat, Alberta
    • Medicine Hat Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • Dunmore Yard (CP, Marshalling)
  • Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
    • Moose Jaw Yard (CP, Marshalling)
  • Regina, Saskatchewan
    • Regina Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Warell Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
    • Chappell Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling)
    • Sutherland Yard (CP, Intermodal and Marshalling)
  • Melville, Saskatchewan
    • Melville Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba
    • Burlington Northern Santa Fe Manitoba Yard (BNSF Manitoba)
    • East Yard (CN, now the Forks)*
    • Fort Rouge Yard (CN)
      • Via Rail Winnipeg Maintenance Centre (Via Rail)
    • Greater Winnipeg Water District St. Boniface Yard (GWWDR)
    • North Transcona Yard (CP)
      • Central Manitoba Railway Yard (CEMR)
    • St. Boniface Yard (CPR)
    • Symington Yard (CN, Intermodal and Hump Yard)
    • Transcona Yard (CN)
    • Winnipeg Yard (CP, Intermodal and Hump Yard)
      • Weston Shops
  • 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
    • Toronto Yard (CP, Marshallng, Former Hump Yard, Automotive compound)
    • Don Yard (GO Transit layover facility, ex-CN Don Sorting Yard)
    • North Bathurst Yard (GO Transit layover facility)
    • Vaughan Intermodal Terminal (CP, Intermodal)
    • MacMillan Yard (CN, Hump Yard)
    • Brampton Intermodal Terminal (CN, Intermodal)
    • Lambton/West Toronto Yards (CP, Marshalling)
    • CPR Parkdale Yard (ex-CVR 1871-1883/ex-CPR 1883-1890s, marshalling and repair yards, closed and removed mid 1980s)
    • Willowbrook Yard Facility (GO Transit Passenger Yard, ex-CN Yard - sold 1970s)
    • Toronto Maintenance Centre (TMC)/Mimico Yard (Via Rail Passenger Yard, CN Marshaling)
    • Oakville (CN, Marshalling)
    • Aldershot (CN, Marshalling)
  • Hamilton, Ontario
  • London, Ontario
    • Quebec St. Yard (CP, Marshalling)
    • London Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Sarnia, Ontario
    • Sarnia Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Englehart, Ontario (ONR, Marshalling)
  • Ottawa, Ontario
    • Walkley Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Montreal, Quebec
    • Taschereau Yard (CN, Intermodal and Marshalling – former hump yard)
    • St. Luc Yard (CP, Marshalling, Expressway)
    • Lachine (CP, Intermodal)
    • Hochelaga Yard (CP, Intermodal)
    • Turcot (CN, Intermodal – Abandoned)
    • Rivière-des-Prairies (CN, Marshalling)
    • Southwark Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Farnham, Quebec (MMA, Marshalling)
  • Trois-Rivières, Quebec (CFQG, Marshalling)
  • Saint-Georges [Mauricie,] Quebec
    • Garneau Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Quebec City, Quebec
    • Joffre Yard (CN, Marshalling)
    • Sainte-Foy (CN, Marshalling)
    • Henri-IV Yard (CFQG, Marshalling)
    • Limoilou (CN/CFC, Marshalling)
  • Mont-Joli, Quebec (CN, Marshalling)
  • La Tuque, Quebec
    • Fitzpatrick Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Richmond, Quebec (CN/SLQ, Marshalling)
  • Moncton, New Brunswick
    • Gordon Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Saint John, New Brunswick
    • Island Yard (CN/NBSR, Marshalling/Intermodal)
    • Dever Rd. Yard (NBSR, Marshalling)
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
    • Rockingham Yard (CN, Marshalling)
  • Truro, Nova Scotia (CN/CBNS, Marshalling)
  • Stellarton, Nova Scotia (CBNS, Marshalling)

United States

By state in alphabetical order:

Mexico

Europe

British Isles

North Wall yard in Dublin is used for loading per way materials trains and stabling unused stock. Also host a small wagon repair shop used to maintain ore and container wagons.

  • 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.[3][4][5] Many have since been closed entirely. Those that remain have been substantially dismantled. None retain hump facilities and instead see only very limited flat-shunting.
    As of 2009, DB Schenker Rail (UK) operates the following marshalling yards,[6] defined as sites "where trains can be marshalled or re-marshalled using resident pilot locomotives, ground staff and train examination staff".
  • Historically significant marshalling yards, now dismantled or used for other purposes
    • Barnsley / Doncaster: Wath concentration yard, for South Yorkshire coal traffic to Manchester (opened 1907; closed 1988)
    • Carlisle: Kingmoor Yard (opened 1963) Still in continuous use for traffic as of 2011.
    • 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)
    • Liverpool: Edge Hill "Gridiron" (opened 1873)
    • 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)
    • Perth: (opened 1962)
    • Rogiet: Severn Tunnel Junction yard (reconstructed 1960/62; closed 1987)
    • Sheffield: Tinsley Marshalling Yard (opened 1965, closed beginning 1985 – site now an intermodal terminal)
    • York: Dringhouses (opened 1962)

Nordic countries

Baltic states

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
    • Kyiv: Darnytsia (24 + 18)
    • Kowel: Kovel' (11)
    • Lviv: Klepariv (19), L'viv-Zachid (Western railway station) (20)
    • Chop: Čop (16), Vuzlove (16)
    • Zhmerynka/Vinnytsia: Žmerynka-Podil's'ka, Žmerynka-Vantažna (railway station) (22?)
    • Znamianka: Znam'janka-Sortuval'na (marshalling yard) (28)
    • Kremenchuk: Kremenčuk-Čerednyky
    • Poltava: Poltava-Pivdenna-Sortuval'na (southern marshalling yard) (21)
    • Kharkiv: Osnova (28 + 20), Charkiv-Sortuval'nyj (22)
    • Kupiansk: Kup'jans'k-Sortuval'nyj (bilateral yard 24? + 16?)
    • Donbas:
    • Volnovakha: Volnovacha (20)
    • Zaporizhia: Zaporižžja-Live (22)
    • Dnipro: Nyžn'odniprovs'k-Vuzol (railway junction) (31 + 16)
    • Krywyj Rih: Kryvyj Rih-Sortuval'nyj (marshalling yard) (21)
    • Odesa: Odesa-Sortuval'na, Odesa-Zastava I (22)
    • Rozdilna: Rozdil'na-Sortuval'na (28)
    • Mykolajiw: Mykolajiv-Sortuval'nyj (18)
    • Dschankoj: Džankoj (24)
  • Moldova

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.

Benelux
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
    • Antwerpen-Noord (40 + 56)
    • Ghent-Zeehaven (32)
    • Bruges: Zeebrugge-Vorming (28; after expansion 24 + 30)
    • Liège: Kinkempois-Formation (38)
    • Namur: Ronet-Formation (41) For international ISO-Container
    • Charleroi: Monceau-sur-Sambre-Formation (32)
  • Luxemburg

France

Alpine countries

Southeastern Europe

Southern Europe

Russia
  • Sankt-Peterburg-Sortirovochnyy-Moskovskiy
  • Volkhovstroy I
  • Smolensk-Sortirovochnyy
  • Bekasovo-Sortirovochnoye
  • Lyublino-Sortirovochnoye
  • Bryansk-L'govskiy
  • Rybnoye
  • Orekhovo-Zuyevo
  • Yudino
  • Agryz
  • Nizhniy Novgorod-Sortirovochnyy
  • Lyangasovo
  • Losta
  • Yaroslavl'-Glavnyy
  • Bataysk
  • Likhaya
  • Liski
  • Kochetovka I
  • Im. Maksima Gor'kogo
  • Anisovka
  • Penza III
  • Syzran' I
  • Dema
  • Kinel'
  • Perm'-Sortirovochnaya
  • Yekaterinburg-Sortirovochnyy
  • Voynovka
  • Chelyabinsk-Glavnyy
  • Orsk
  • Orenburg
  • Moskovka
  • Vkhodnaya
  • Altayskaya
  • Inskaya
  • Krasnoyarsk-Vostochnyy
  • Tayshet
  • Irkutsk-Sortirovochnyy
  • Komsomol'sk-Sortirovochnyy
  • Khabarovsk II

Asia
India
  • Mughalsarai Railway Yard
  • Katni Railway Yard
  • Asansol Railway Yard
  • Bondamunda Railway Yard
  • Bhusawal Railway Yard
Indonesia
  • Jakarta Kota Railway Yard, Jakarta
  • Cipinang Locomotive Rail Yard Jakarta
  • Depok Railway Yard, Depok, Largest Rail Yard in SouthEast Asia
  • Sidotopo Railway Yard, Surabaya
  • Kalimas Railway Yard, Surabaya
  • Semarang Gudang Railway Yard (closed), Semarang
China
  • Mainland
    • Zhengzhou North Railway Station (郑州北站), over 6,000 m long and over 800 m wide, described as Asia's largest marshalling yard[8]
    • Fengtai West Railway Station (a major freight terminal for Beijing)
    • Wuhan North Railway Station (112 tracks)
    • Nanxiang Railway Station, located in Shanghai
    • Nanjing East Railway Station
    • Xuzhou North Railway Station
    • Zhuzhou North Railway Station
    • Jiangcun Railway Station, located in Guangzhou
    • Guiyang South Railway Station
    • Chengdu North Railway Station – different from Chengdu Railway Station(passenger station) which is called "North Railway Station(火车北站)" by Chengdu citizens
    • Sujiatun Railway Station
    • Xinfengzhen(Town Xinfeng; 新丰镇) Railway Station
    • Lanzhou North Railway Station
    • Hekou North Railway Station, connection between China's standard-gauge network and Vietnam's meter-gauge network
  • Hong Kong
    • Ho Tung Lau Depot – maintenance facility for East Rail line
    • Pat Heung Depot – maintenance facility for West Rail line
    • Siu Ho Wan Depot – for Tung Chung line
    • Hung Hom Freight Freight Terminus/Yard
    • Kowloon Freight Yard
    • Lo Wu Freight and Marshalling Yard
South Korea
  • Busan : Busan Rail Yard, Busan High Speed Rail Yard (77, Gaya station)
  • Daejeon : Daejeon Rail Yard (60, Daejeon Yard station)
  • Goyang : Seoul High Speed Rail Yard (Haengsin station)
  • Jecheon : Jecheon Rail Yard (70, Jecheon Yard station)
  • Seoul : Seoul Rail Yard (102, Susaek station)
Sri Lanka
Maradana Yard In Sri Lanka
Turkey
Thailand

Africa

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

South America

Brazil
  • Uvaranas
  • Rio de Janeiro Docks
  • Açailândia (Ferrovia Norte-Sul)

See also

References
  1. Proceedings of the American Railway Engineering Association, 21, American Railway Engineering Association, 1920, p. 994
  2. Karen Johnson (January 27, 2008), "Capturing Auburn's past", The Seattle Times
  3. Terence Richard Gourvish (1986), British Railways, 1948-73: a business history, p. 289. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-26480-4
  4. Russell Haywood (2009), Railways, Urban Development and Town Planning in Britain: 1948-2008, p. 128. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0-7546-7392-8
  5. Further Reading: Michael Rhodes (1989), The Illustrated History of British Marshalling Yards. OPC Railprint. ISBN 0-86093-367-9
  6. Connected Facilities Details Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine, Network Rail, 2009
  7. http://www.cfl.lu/espaces/fret/en/infrastructure/marshalling-yard
  8. 郑州北站---亚洲最大的列车编组站 Archived 2016-05-31 at the Wayback Machine (Zhengzhou North Railway Station -- Asia's largest marshalling yard), 2016-04-08

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