The utility model discloses railway turnout switching equipment and a turnout hook-shaped external locking device thereof, which belong to the technical field of
rail transit, and the turnout hook-shaped external locking device comprises a switch rail connecting iron component, a push-pull plate component, a connecting iron seat component and a lock hook, the push-pull plate
assembly is connected with the switch rail connecting iron
assembly and the connecting iron base
assembly. The switch rail connecting iron assembly is connected with the connecting iron seat assembly; and the lock hook is connected with the connecting iron seat assembly. The turnout hook-type external locking device is simple in structure, convenient to install, reasonable in design, small in abrasion between parts, long in replacement period, small in later maintenance
workload, high in adaptability to extension and retraction of a switch rail, beneficial to keeping parallelism between the external locking parts, capable of reducing
frictional resistance during turnout switching, capable of improving reliability of turnout switching, and capable of being used for improving the reliability of turnout switching. And the
workload of turnout maintenance is reduced.