The signals indicating the track towards which the train will move at a diversion is known as:
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True!! Train drivers doesn't know which way they go. They just follow the signals and regulate the speed of the train , stopping them whenever required. However, in few situations they do know where they are going. It is when the train being branched.
Branching is nothing but moving a train from main line to loop line. Main line is the track on which trains go at higher speed. It is essentially on which the main travel happen for trains. Any train is not supposed to stop on a main line which means, it should be unobstructed. ( unless and until necessary). Loop line is a diversion from main line where a train can stop in order to facilitate other train cross it. See pic.1. The tracks on the left are main tracks where as the track that is diverging towards right is called loop /branch line.
A switch generally has a straight "through" track (such as the main-line) and a diverging route. The handedness of the installation is described by the side that the diverging track leaves. Right-hand switches have a diverging path to the right of the straight track, when coming from the point blades, and a left-handed switch has the diverging track leaving to the opposite side. In many cases, such as rail yards, many switches can be found in a short section of track, sometimes with switches going both to the right and left (although it is better to keep these separated as much as feasible). Sometimes a switch merely divides one track into two; at others, it serves as a connection between two or more parallel tracks, allowing a train to switch between them. In many cases, where a switch is supplied to leave a track, a second is supplied to allow the train to reenter the track some distance down the line; this allows the track to serve as a siding, allowing a train to get off the track to allow traffic to pass (this siding can either be a dedicated short length of track, or formed from a section of a second, continuous, parallel line), and also allows trains coming from either direction to switch between lines; otherwise, the only way for a train coming from the opposite direction to use a switch would be to stop, and reverse through the switch onto the other line, and then continue forwards (or stop, if it is being used as a siding).
A railroad switch (AE), turnout, or [set of] points (BE) is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.