Recycled plastic railway sleepers: a UK first

source: Network Rail

Trains in Wiltshire are now running on top of old bottles, food packaging and other unwanted plastics, with the introduction of the first composite railway sleepers on Network Rail’s main line tracks.

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Author: Esther Geerts

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Recycled plastic railway sleepers: a UK first

source: Network Rail

Trains in Wiltshire are now running on top of old bottles, food packaging and other unwanted plastics, with the introduction of the first composite railway sleepers on Network Rail’s main line tracks.

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Author: Esther Geerts

Former Editor RailTech.com

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