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Q. Corbisez¹, C. Masson¹, L. Pesqueux¹, T. Sedran², L.M. Cottineau², F. Barresi³, J. Caillau⁴, N. Milesi⁵ and J.M. Vanzenberg⁶

¹Track, Alstom Transport, Paris, France
²Laboratoire Matériaux pour Infrastructures de Transport IFSTTAR, Nantes, France
³VCSA, Rueil Malmaison, France
⁴Track Fastening Systems, RAILTECH, Raismes, France
⁵Unité Politique Voie, RFF, Paris, France
⁶CEF, Petite Forêt, France

doi:10.4203/ccp.104.174

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Q. Corbisez, C. Masson, L. Pesqueux, T. Sedran, L.M. Cottineau, F. Barresi, J. Caillau, N. Milesi, J.M. Vanzenberg, "A New Ballastless Trackform for Lower Maintenance", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 174, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.174

Keywords: ballastless track design, high speed lines, mixed freight-high speed traffic, laboratory testing, demonstration track, monitoring, maintenance, life cycle costs.

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Increasing economic pressure is leading railway infrastructure companies worldwide to trim their life cycle costs and increase the availability of their tracks. In this way, the ongoing comparisons between ballasted track and non-ballasted track are leaning more and more frequently towards the latter, although the construction costs and durations are significantly higher. A new ballastless trackform has been developed over the past five years in France, based on extensive experience on concrete track behaviour and including considerations of automated installation techniques. In this paper, the development of this new ballastless track (NBT) is described, from the conceptual design of a low maintenance/high life slab track, to the construction of a demonstration track as part of track renewal in Normandy, embedding monitoring equipment to record the track behaviour during a year.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 104 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo Paper 174 A New Ballastless Trackform for Lower Maintenance Q. Corbisez¹, C. Masson¹, L. Pesqueux¹, T. Sedran², L.M. Cottineau², F. Barresi³, J. Caillau⁴, N. Milesi⁵ and J.M. Vanzenberg⁶ ¹Track, Alstom Transport, Paris, France ²Laboratoire Matériaux pour Infrastructures de Transport IFSTTAR, Nantes, France ³VCSA, Rueil Malmaison, France ⁴Track Fastening Systems, RAILTECH, Raismes, France ⁵Unité Politique Voie, RFF, Paris, France ⁶CEF, Petite Forêt, France doi:10.4203/ccp.104.174 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper Q. Corbisez, C. Masson, L. Pesqueux, T. Sedran, L.M. Cottineau, F. Barresi, J. Caillau, N. Milesi, J.M. Vanzenberg, "A New Ballastless Trackform for Lower Maintenance", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 174, 2014. doi:10.4203/ccp.104.174 Keywords: ballastless track design, high speed lines, mixed freight-high speed traffic, laboratory testing, demonstration track, monitoring, maintenance, life cycle costs. Summary Increasing economic pressure is leading railway infrastructure companies worldwide to trim their life cycle costs and increase the availability of their tracks. In this way, the ongoing comparisons between ballasted track and non-ballasted track are leaning more and more frequently towards the latter, although the construction costs and durations are significantly higher. A new ballastless trackform has been developed over the past five years in France, based on extensive experience on concrete track behaviour and including considerations of automated installation techniques. In this paper, the development of this new ballastless track (NBT) is described, from the conceptual design of a low maintenance/high life slab track, to the construction of a demonstration track as part of track renewal in Normandy, embedding monitoring equipment to record the track behaviour during a year. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £20) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £65 +P&P)
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