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The paper presents guidelines for rail reprofiling based on the experiences of railway Infrastructure Managers and the recommendations of European technical regulations. The need for grinding new rails after laying the track was pointed out. The advantage of preventive over corrective reprofiling is emphasized. Different types of target profiles of the reprofiled railhead are presented.

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This paper aims to improve the knowledge of experts in the field of railway infrastructure maintenance.

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This page is a summary of: Critical analysis of RCF rail defects classification, Transportation Research Procedia, January 2022, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.trpro.2022.06.294.
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