GERMAN infrastructure manager DB Networks has launched a project which aims to determine the optimal rail profile for minimising noise from rail traffic in built-up areas.
Voestalpine is testing what it claims is the world's first maintenance-free rail. Kevin Smith spoke with Norbert Frank, the company's head of technology, about how Dobain differs from existing rails already available and how it might alter the track maintenance landscape.
Ilya Shirokobrod, vice-president, head of the railway products division of Evraz (pictured), tells Keith Barrow how the company is expanding its rail production facilities in an effort to meet the needs of a diverse and dynamic market.
BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has launched an additional ultrasonic test train, which is fitted with two separate ground penetrating radar units capable of detecting irregularities in the ballast and formation at depths of up to two metres, and a laser rail profile scanner.