DB TESTS COMPARE SIX CONCRETE TRACKBED DESIGNS

German Federal Railway has started service tests on five designs of concrete trackbed installed in a 1.7 km section of the Ingolstadt-Munich main line. The five types of track represent development from existing designs installed on isolated sections of the DB network, such as those on the 250-km/h section between Bielefeld and Hamm. A simpler sixth design is undergoing preliminary tests on S-Bahn track north of Munich. Monitoring will be undertaken by two universities in the program scheduled to extend until 1982; evaluation of results will help DB select the most suitable system for use in tunnels and on viaducts along a high-speed route to be built in 1985.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Oberweiler, G
• Publication Date: 1978-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 62-64
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 134
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete; Concrete slab track; Concrete ties; High speed track; Railroad ties; Railroad tracks; Test tracks
• Identifier Terms: Deutsche Bahn; Deutsche Bundesbahn
• Old TRIS Terms: Track structures
• Subject Areas: Materials; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172627
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM