Vossloh’s rail replacement train, in combination with its own rail loading trains, replaced more than 100,000 metres of rail in one month in Germany.
Vossloh is playing a central role in the modernisation of Deutsche Bahn’s main transport routes, including the Cologne – Rhine/Main high-speed line. Company’s technology enables the rails to be completely replaced in the shortest possible time thanks to a highly efficient assembly line system.
The rail replacement process includes welding using a mobile flash-butt welding machine, unloading new rails and loading the old rails. Thanks to the high working speed of up to 4,000 metres of track per shift, shutdown and construction times are reduced to a minimum. This was demonstrated during the refurbishment of the heavily frequented and, due to topographical conditions, highly demanding high-speed line between Cologne and Frankfurt.
Thanks to the one-stop shop approach, the high level of logistics expertise and Vossloh’s innovative rail replacement technology, more than 100,000 metres of rails were replaced and seamlessly welded in less than a month, once again impressively underlining the efficiency and performance of the rail replacement process. This enabled the refurbishment of the line, one of the most important routes in the ICE network with 120 ICE trains a day, to be completed in record time.
“With our comprehensive expertise and holistic approach, we have provided our customers with significant support in recent weeks, both in the rapid renewal of one of Deutsche Bahn’s key high-speed lines and in the urgent refurbishment of a section of the economically important Malmbanan line in Sweden,” says Jan Furnivall, Chief Operating Officer of Vossloh AG.
The rail replacement train has also proven itself many times internationally. In the Netherlands and most recently in the north of Sweden, where a section of the important Malmbanan rail line was damaged after two derailments, the train was successfully deployed. Despite enormous time pressure and adverse weather conditions, the damaged rails were quickly replaced, ensuring the smooth transportation of ore from the mines in the far north of Sweden.
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