Reference Values for Railway Sidings Track Geometry

What is it about?

There are cases in which rail yards and sidings have no other alternative than to follow track geometry standards meant for mainline railways, intended for much higher speeds. This means that tracks in yards and sidings risk being overdesigned - in other words a lot of resources are spent in creating track that is of far better quality than what is really required. This certainly does not help the rail freight sector to be competitive and to attract goods from the less sustainable road transport. In this paper we tackle a part of the problem, showing for a simple technical case that the track geometry quality limits could be less strict than what they currently are without affecting safety.

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Why is it important?

It is important because every effort is required to make the rail freight sector more competitive, so as to attract traffic from the less safe and more congested road system.