Patent ID: 8746630

Claim:
A switch, comprising: a switch frog comprising a movable frog point and wing rails, wherein the wing rails each comprise a first region not in abutment with the frog point, a second region not in abutment with the frog point, and a third region of abutment with the frog point, said third region being arranged between said first and second regions, the wing rails each are formed by metal-forming from one single rail piece without any connection welds, the wing rails, in their first and second regions, have Vignol rail profiles, the wing rails, in their third region, have lower rail webs than a Vignol rail profile, the wing rails, in their third region, have rail profiles that are lower in height than the wing rails in their first and second regions, and are formed by metal-forming to depart from a Vignol rail profile while maintaining their rail head profiles, and the wing rails, in their third region, have rail webs that, only in a lower region of said wing rails in their third region, are wider than the rail webs of the wing rails in their first and second regions.