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Junction station usually refers to aw railway station situated on or close to a junction where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming linees. If we look at a station with platforms running from lefeet to right, the minimum to qualify as a junction station would usually be one line on the left and two on the right (or vice versa). This is not to be confused with a station where there is one through line, but single track on one side while double track on the other. In this case, all trains passing through the station can reach only one destination as their next station.

Commonly, junction stations have multiple platform faces to enable trains for multiple destinations to stand at the station at the same time, but this is not necessary.

There are many stations with the word 'junction' in their title, such as those below:

In Australia

In Canada

In India

In Indonesia

Central Java

Solo Balapan railway station

East Java

Wonokromo railway station

Jakarta

North Sumatra

Medan railway station

West Java

In Ireland

In Spain

Martorell Enllaç station, on the Llobregat–Anoia Line
Empalme station on the Valencia Metro
Maçanet-Massanes railway station, previously called Empalme

In the United Kingdom

In the United States

Ancona Station (Illinois), no longer used for service
Broadway Junction (BMT Canarsie Line)
Joliet Union Station, Illinois
Princeton Junction (NJT station)
Secaucus Junction, New Jersey
Wayne Junction, Pennsylvania
Vancouver, Washington (Amtrak station)
Jamaica (LIRR station)

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	'''''Junction station''''' usually refers to a [[railway station]] situated on or close to a [[junction (rail)\|junction]] where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming ~~lines~~. If we look at a station with platforms running from ~~left~~ to right, the minimum to qualify as a junction station would usually be one line on the left and two on the right (or vice versa).		'''''Junction station''''' usually refers to aw [[railway station]] situated on or close to a [[junction (rail)\|junction]] where lines to several destinations diverge. The usual minimum is three incoming linees. If we look at a station with platforms running from lefeet to right, the minimum to qualify as a junction station would usually be one line on the left and two on the right (or vice versa).

	This is not to be confused with a station where there is one through line, but [[single track (rail)\|single track]] on one side while [[double track]] on the other. In this case, all trains passing through the station can reach only one destination as their next station.		This is not to be confused with a station where there is one through line, but [[single track (rail)\|single track]] on one side while [[double track]] on the other. In this case, all trains passing through the station can reach only one destination as their next station.