Railway switch mechanism and method for operating a railway switch mechanism

Railway switch mechanism comprising:

• first and second switch blades and
• a switch frog,
• wherein:
• a switch point of each of the first and the second switch blades is vertically displaceable in order to establish a switch movement in the respective switch point;
• the switch frog comprises first and second vertically displaceable rail segments in order to establish a switch movement at the switch frog;
• each railway switch blade and each switch frog rail segment is provided with a respective displacement mechanism;
• each respective displacement mechanism comprises at least one pair of cooperating wedges having a lower wedge and an upper wedge;
• said at least one pair of cooperating wedges is arranged such that relative displacement between the lower and upper wedges causes a vertical movement of at least the upper wedge;
• and
• at least one wedge of the at least one pair of cooperating wedges is arranged to be displaced in a longitudinal direction (L) of the switch mechanism, or in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the switch blade or substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the switch frog rail segment, respectively.