Vorrichtung zum Erfassen von Gleisverzweigungen

The device has a measurement unit (6,7), at least one transmitter (17) and a receiver (26) with at least two receiver elements (27). The output (20) of the one or more transmitters is directed towards at least one section of track (10,11). The radiation reflected back from the section of track is detected with positional resolution. An evaluation unit (12) determines the position and/or the type of the track branch points from the position resolved data in the detected radiation. A cylindrical lens can be arranged after each transmitter to produce a transmission beam in a transmission plane. ADVANTAGE - Enables automated detection of the types of branches passed during a journey, e.g. points and junctions.