STABILIZING TRACK THROUGH STATION PLATFORMS, OTHER GROUND STRUCTURES

To ensure track stability, the top 20 inches of ballast should be kept as dry as possible, keeping the groundwater table low and shedding as much surface water as possible. For these reasons, where no drainage ditch is possible at the foot of the subgrade shoulder, as at station platforms and level crossings, measures must be taken to compensate for interference in the drainage system.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Authors:
  • AHLF, R E
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 20-23
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 73
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballast (Railroads); Drainage; Passenger terminals; Railroad grade crossings; Soil water; Structural design; Subgrade (Pavements); Water table
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ballast
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger station design
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00163243
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM