Route

A set of turnout positions and signals that together clear a path for a train, often with one press of a button.

Dutch

rijweg

German

Fahrstraße

Articles using this term

• Laying track: from plan to baseboard
• TRAX2 has closed: how to carry on with your layout
• The double slip: when you need one
• Turnout won't throw
• Left, right and symmetrical turnouts explained
• Passing loop: how two trains pass each other
• Double oval: two trains at once
• Shuttle line: running back and forth without a loop
• The oval: the simplest layout and how to expand it
• Locomotive stalls on the frog
• Track spacing: how far apart do two tracks lie?
• Train derails at the turnout: causes and fixes

See also

• Turnout
• Signals
• Automatic operation