‘Working with polymer sleepers requires a change in mindset’
Partner contentPolymer sleepers are gradually gaining in importance when it comes to sleeper replacement jobs. However, they are not yet the product of choice for the construction of new tracks or for the large-scale removal and...Read more
Industrial production of ‘green sleepers’ for Infrabel starts
Production of sulfur concrete sleepers started in Belgium on Wednesday. Concrete company De Bonte produces the ‘green sleepers’ on behalf of Infrabel. According to the infrastructure manager, the production of sulfur concrete emits 40 percent...Read more
SNCF Réseau launches center for reuse of railway materials
The Paris – Lille high-speed line will be renewed with recycled ballast, starting in 2022. A new center for the reuse of railway materials has been set up by infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau and six...Read more
Adif tests recycled plastic sleepers
Are synthetic sleepers a viable alternative to wooden ones? To find this out, Adif will place them on parts of the Spanish network as a test. In the coming months, the first hundred of them...Read more
Recycled plastic railway sleepers: a UK first
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.Read more
Second life for concrete sleepers in Switzerland
Is it possible for railways to reduce CO2 emissions with the help of concrete sleepers? Swiss producer Vigier Rail has an innovative answer to this question. It has started to recycle the old sleepers using...Read more
Safety main preoccupation for railways
The RailTech Academy has started online courses dedicated to various topics of the railway industry. Its first lecture was delivered by Jean Rousseau, the railway engineer at IKOS Consulting. He made some introduction to the...Read more
Slower trains do not reduce vibrations
The lower speed of passenger trains does not reduce the vibrations near level crossings. This was concluded by Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail and national railway operator NS after three-month tests in the province of...Read more
Dutch company will supply recycled plastic sleepers to New Zealand
Dutch technology company Lankhorst Engineered Products has won a tender to supply the recycled plastic sleepers for KiwiRail, New Zealandic railway holding. It is the first order obtained by the Dutch manufacturer in New Zealand...Read more
New type of wildlife sleeper crossing installed in Netherlands
Movares has developed a new type of wildlife crossing that allows small animals such as salamanders and frogs to cross under the railway line. It comprises two sleepers with an opening through which the animals...Read more
Recycled plastic sleepers installed in Australia
190 sleepers made from recycled plastic were installed for testing at Richmond railway station in Melbourne. It is the first time that the innovative sleepers have been used on the metropolitan train network in Australia....Read more
Vossloh gets major sleeper deal in Australia
German supplier of track components Vossloh Group has won a major deal in Australia. The company will deliver around 280,000 concrete sleepers for Rio Tinto, one of the largest mining corporations in the world. This...Read more
Experiment with anti-vibration solutions on Dutch rail route successful
A type of synthetic wedge will soon be laid between sleepers and rails at five level crossings on the Brabant route to reduce vibrations. According to ProRail, the use of this wedge, known as a...Read more