Cross track railway railways.

Traverse for railways to be incorporated into the switches zone, comprising a shaped profile body (5) which is provided in its width (15) and has a cross-sectional height of a normal sleeper, is upwardly open and has laterally supporting ledges (13 and 14), closure ratchet or the like, with their fixed guides (32) and movable operating parts, projecting into the opening area of ​​the profile and being assistants, as closures tip, the profile while in the lower region are received rods of needle blades and the drive member.