PANDROL VANGUARD ON VICTORIA LINE, LONDON UNDERGROUND

This paper describes the development of the PANDROL VANGUARD track fastening and its installation on the Victoria Line of the London Underground. The PANDROL VANGUARD system suspends the rail from its head, rather than pinning it down at its foot. In this way a fastener with a low vertical stiffness can be achieved within a shallow assembly depth, and without allowing excessive rail roll under traffic. This allows the system to be fitted in the restricted space available in London Underground's tube tunnels. Vibration measurements in the tunnel and on the surface have been made which show that the PANDROL VANGUARD fastenings are a very effective means of reducing the vibration from railway track in tunnels. For the covering abstract see ITRD E123713.

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  ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

  46 CLUNY GARDENS
  EDINBURGH,   United Kingdom  EH10 6BN
• Authors:
  • COX, S
  • SUNLEY, K
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RAILWAY ENGINEERING 2001, HELD LONDON, UK, 30 APRIL - 1 MAY 2001 - CDROM
  • Publisher: ENGINEERING TECHNICS PRESS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Couplers; Prevention; Railroad tracks; Stiffness; Subways; Tunnels; Vibration
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 3876: Coupling; 9149: Prevention; 1062: Railway track; 5931: Stiffness; 3374: Tunnel; 1191: Underground railway; 5558: Vibration
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Railroads; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00985519
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-947644-45-8
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 4 2005 12:00AM