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The ballastless track system on asphalt

GETRAC

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The pulse of the times
The key requirements placed on mainline rail
arteries for the 21st century are for fast, safe,
and cost-effective tracks. When it comes to the
service life of these systems, operators are in-
creasingly shifting their attention to total life-
cycle costs. The most advanced technologies
are essential in order to create not only main-
tenance-friendly, but also highly available track
systems. RAIL.ONE responds to these chal-
lenges. With optimal system solutions for track
systems for railways and urban traffc, and
through its ongoing improvement of ballastless
track systems, RAIL.ONE also effectively meets
these challenges.
During the 1990s the technology of ballastless
track systems underwent breathtaking develop-
ment. Decades of stagnation in track technology
gave way to numerous new rail track structures,
many of which featured ballastless structures.
The use of asphalt as track-supporting layer soon
came to play a key role in this development:
logically, since only the material properties of
asphalt allow ongoing improvement of track
geometry over the track operation time. The
GETRAC system fully exploits this beneft,
especially effective as it is for rail tracks. GETRAC
implements high levels of productivity in track-
system installation as well as very short overall
construction times which in turn has favourable
effects on the duration of traffc interruption and
on track availability. As a result, the GETRAC
system offers an optimal cost/beneft ratio.
In 2004, the German Federal Bureau of Railways
(EBA) provided offcial approvals, without speed
limitation, for various track innovations in the
form of GETRAC model variations. This approval
accordingly signifes clearance of GETRAC for
high-speed track applications as well.
Rail.one the way to go
The way to connect the sleepers with the
asphalt layer: recesses for the anchor blocks
The GeTRaC systems are cost-effective, owing to
high productivity in track installation and their
very short construction times
GeTRaC a1

GETRAC
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GeTRaC a1 with prestressed concrete sleepers
GETRAC A1 is a non-ballasted track system with direct support
of the track panel on an asphalt supporting layer. This confgu-
ration guarantees safe and permanent positioning of the track.
This mode of construction accordingly satisfes all requirements
for application in railway and urban-traffc situations. It can also
be installed on an extremely cost-effective basis.
The GETRAC A1 ballastless track system is characterised by
solid track support that retains its high levels of quality and
safety throughout the entire life cycle. These benefts became
possible by development of a new technology for anchoring
prestressed-concrete sleepers to an asphalt layer. The pre-
stressed-concrete sleepers are installed onto the asphalt sup-
porting layer and are permanently and elastically attached to
this layer by means of so-called anchor blocks made of special
high-strength concrete. The anchor blocks are designed such
that the longitudinal and lateral forces from the traffc loads
are transferred into the asphalt supporting layer without any
displacement of the sleepers.


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Fast and simple installation
As a result of decades of experience gained in the emplacement
of asphalt layers in traditional road construction, installation of
asphalt track-supporting layers with conventional road-build-
ing machinery is fully unproblematic for GETRAC technology.
Installation of the asphalt layers takes place in several layers
by an automatically controlled, high-performance asphalt-lay-
ing machine guided by control cables. A ballast layer, or hy-
draulically bonded layer, serves as support for the asphalt layer
above. The top layer consists of fne asphaltic concrete, the
tolerance for unevenness is only 2 mm.
Installation of the track panels likewise takes place with con-
ventional civil-construction equipment. GETRAC also allows
sleepers to be laid individually or by means of prefabricated
track sections, in order to reduce construction time. These op-
tions guarantee fast availability of the track system.
Access opening for
seepage line
Collecting line DN 150
Inspection shaft (optical-checks)
DN 300 P-HD
Banking 5%
Material impervious to
water (e.g. PSS)
Inspection shaft
diameter 0.60 m
Anchor block for fastening the sleeper to the
asphaltic concrete layer by means of Betec 240
Banking in accordance with superelevation (cant)
Partial drain pipe DN 150 P-HD
Full drain pipe DN 150 P-HD
Filter gravel with pore content of 30%
Filter stable with respect to in situ-soil and structural layers
W-60-1539B316-65
3-course asphaltic layer (15 cm - 14.5 cm - 5.5 cm)
Non-bound-supporting layer (mixture of mineral aggregate in
accordance with ZTVT-StB)
in-situ soil (SE), enhanced by addition of broken ballast,
compacted in second stage to Dpr >= 0.97
in-situ soil (SE) compacted in second stage to Dpr >= 0.95
Filter gravel with pore content of
30% filter stable with respect to in
situ-soil and structural layers
Cross-section of the GETRAC A1 ballastless track system shown here as executed at the Westkreuz-Ruhleben, in Berlin
Detail view of the drainage system
Rail1 Rail 2
Superelevation=up to 145 mm
1436
2600
3400
2800
200
300
500
EV2120N/mm
2
EV245N/mm
2
1436
2600
3200
300
600
EV2150N/mm
2
EV245N/mm
2
1436
2600
3200
350
600
EV2120N/mm
2
EV245N/mm
2

Rail fastening system

Vossloh 300-1
Anchor block
Fleece
3 mm Asphalt top layer
Asphalt base
possible multi-layer
Rail fastening system
Vossloh 300-1
Anchor block
Fleece
3 mm Asphalt top layer
Asphalt base
possible multi-layer
Rail fastening system
Vossloh 300-1
Anchor block
Fleece
3 mm Asphalt top layer
Asphalt base
possible multi-layer
Subbase
HBL
Subbase Subbase
System cross-section without HBL (E
V2
120 mm
2
) System cross-section without HBL (E
V2
150 mm
2
)
System cross-section with HBL (E
V2
120 mm
2
)
Alternative system cross-sections for the GETRAC A1 ballastless track:
1436
2400
3400
2800
150
300
500
EV2120N/mm
2
EV245N/mm
2
1436
3200
300
600
EV2120N/mm
2
EV245N/mm
2
2400

1436
3200
260
600
EV2150N/mm
2
EV245N/mm
2
2400

GETRAC
Rail fastening
system Vossloh 300-1
Anchor block
Fleece
5 mm Asphalt top layer
Asphalt base
possible multi-layer
Rail fastening
systemVossloh 300-1
Anchor block
Fleece 5 mm
Asphalt top layer
Asphalt base
possible multi-layer
Rail fastening
system Vossloh 300-1
Anchor block
Fleece
5 mm Asphalt top layer
Asphalt base
possible multi-layer
Subbase
HBL
Subbase
Subbase
Alternative system cross-sections for the GETRAC A3 ballastless track:
System cross-section without HBL (E
V2
120 N/mm
2
) System cross-section without HBL (E
V2
150 N/mm
2
)
System cross-section with HBL (E
V2
120 N/mm
2
)
Major advantages of the
GETRAC ballastless track system:
n Stable and durable track geometry due to
use the elastically sheathed anchor blocks
to fx the sleepers in the asphalt layer

GeTRaC a3

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GeTRaC a3 with wide concrete sleepers
The GETRAC A3 is a track system with direct support of
the special wide concrete-sleepers on a multi-layer asphalt
base. The secure and permanent position of the track on
the asphalt layer is granted by the secure bond of the indi-
vidual asphalt layers to each other, and by the safe bear-
ing of the pre-stressed concrete sleepers to the asphalt
top layer. Anchor blocks contribute to elastic fastening of
the wide concrete sleepers to the asphalt layer.
Cross-section of the GETRAC A3 ballastless track system in a tunnel
The latest and best-performance product from the GETRAC family
is optimal for ballastless track on embankments, in tunnels, and for
high-speed applications.
The great bearing surface of the wide concrete sleepers
distributes the vertical loads on the asphalt layer in an
optimal way and their heavy weight compensates for the
uplifting forces affecting the track.
In addition to the long-term savings in maintenance, the
GETRAC A3 system is cost-effective owing to great pro-
ductivity in laying the track.
n Use of conventional civil-construction
equipment, as for laying streets and tracks
n Pre-assembly of the anchor blocks and the
rail fastening devices in the factory
n Great degree of mechanization and only
few steps of work in laying the track panel
n Long life cycle with low installation costs
n Short installation times
n Possibility of cant up to 180 mm
n Great track stability and durability
n Unrestrained drainage of water from the track
n Fast availability of the track in case of repair
n General approval granted by the German
Federal Bureau of Railways (EBA)
Anchor block Wide sleeper
Asphalt base Asphalt top layer Tunnel / Floor filling
Rail fastening system Vossloh 300-1
Rail 60 E1 Fleece (5 mm)
Rail.one GmbH Pfleiderer track systems | Ingolstaedter Strasse 51 | D-92318 Neumarkt
Tel +49 9181 28-136 | Fax +49 9181 28-646
info@railone.com | www.railone.com
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