Keilbahnhof

There appears to be no direct English equivalent for this term.

A keilbahnhof is a type of junction station whose tracks usually diverge shortly before passing the platforms, and the station building being located between the tracks.

[2] The through tracks thus pass by on either side of the station building without rejoining one another again.

Rarely, there are keilbahnhof stations whose through tracks diverge in the area of the platforms, but never after them.

The Y-shaped design of a keilbahnhof is not suited for splitting trains into separate rakes with different destinations (portion working).