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A segment of ballastless track

A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of ties/sleepers and ballast is replaced by a rigid construction of concrete or asphalt.

Ballastless track of the type "Low Vibration Track" with rails fastened to concrete ties/sleepers on a concrete slab in a turnout in the Gotthard Base Tunnel's Faido multifunction station.
Ballastless track of the type "Low Vibration Track" in a turnout in the Gotthard Base Tunnel's Faido multifunction station

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Ballastless track

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A ballastless track or slab track is a type of railway track infrastructure in which the traditional elastic combination of ties/sleepers and ballast is...

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Railway track

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also lead to heavy maintenance costs. This can be overcome by using ballastless track. In its simplest form this consists of a continuous slab of concrete...

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RapidX

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Financialexpress. 2022-05-08. Retrieved 2023-05-29. "NCRTC to engage Ballastless Track Structure System Provider for RRTS". Urban Transport News. 13 August...

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Track ballast

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Trains portal Ballastless track Ballast tamper Gandy dancer Maintenance of way Track maintenance Solomon (2001), p. 18. Tubular Modular Track Kellogg, H...

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Railroad tie

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Annex, Parts 10 and 17. Ballastless track John Calvin Jureit, inventor of the Gang-Nail truss connector plate Ladder track Track (rail transport) Sun kink...

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Green track

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stable track bed construction, where the track geometry will not shift after construction. This is commonly accomplished with ballastless track.: 67  The...

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Guadarrama Tunnel

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people, fire suppression systems, along with various other measures. Ballastless track was installed throughout, along with overhead electrification, signalling...

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Research Design and Standards Organisation

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access to the passengers in running trains. Design and Development of Ballastless Track with the indigenous fastening system (BLT-IFS). Design and Development...

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Kolkata Metro Line 1

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progress underneath. Shield tunneling using compressed air and airlocks. Ballastless track using elastic fastenings, rubber pads, epoxy mortar and nylon inserts...

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Taoyuan Airport MRT

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the elevated viaducts were completed. RAIL.ONE Group provided the ballastless track system for the line. 150,000 modified bi-block type B 355 ties were...

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Bay Area Rapid Transit

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elevated tracks. The main system uses an unusual 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge (mostly seen in India and Pakistan) and mostly ballastless track. Originally...

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Breitspurbahn

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standard gauge track, and three times the width of the common semi-narrow metre gauge track. Planning called for a ballastless track (much as was developed...

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Hyderabad Metro

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of November 2017). The 71.3 km standard-gauge network will feature ballastless track throughout and will be electrified at 25 kV AC 50 Hz. An operations...

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Thiruvanmiyur railway station

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administration failed to include this requirement in the revised proposal for ballastless track. The up and down lines between Tirumailai and Tiruvanmiyur (a station...

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Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System

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usage of same train-sets in the existing suburban lines and the MRTS. Ballastless track is used between Tirumayilai and Velachery stations. The trains use...

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Poonamallee Bypass metro station

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stretch. The depot will feature ballast tracks to save on capital expenditure, since laying ballastless track my cost an additional ₹800 to 900 million...

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Heitersberg railway line

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building of other structures such as the Grauholz Tunnel near Bern. Ballastless track was tested in the Heitersberg tunnel from 1975 to 2014. The development...

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Ceneri Base Tunnel

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control systems commenced. During August 2017, the first sections of ballastless track were laid in the northern end of the eastern bore. On 30 May 2018...

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Ladder track

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ladder track; the same structural rigidity also adds to buckling resistance. Tubular Modular Track (TMT) is a type of ballastless ladder track manufactured...

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Chennai Egmore railway station

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ballast tracks at major stations, washable aprons—ballastless tracks or tracks on a concrete bed—were laid along the entire length of track of platform...

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