"STERO" The Precast Beam Solution

Definition

  • The precast concrete beam solution.

Advantages

  • Continuously supported rail.
  • Recycled rubber interface between rail and surrounding.
  • Noise and vibrations reductions.
  • Electrical insulation.
  • Low maintenance system.
  • Lowest life cycle cost and total cost of ownership in its class.

  • No rail traffic disruption to renew the track.
  • The system allows all type of road pavment, included continious fundation.
  • Grass or green track solution.
  • High quality due to precast manufacturing.
  • Robustness of precasted track.

Applications

  • New track, extension of existing track, track renewal.
  • Complete track solution in combination with GSF and/or (X)Modulix solutions.
  • Monolithic covering, printed concrete, asphalt, washed-out concrete).
  • Can be combined with floating slap system to maximize noise and vibration reduction.

Installation ratio

  • ≥144 Linear meters of single track per day based on one crew

Reference

  • 77 km of single track between 1997 and now including Brussels, Paris and Tunis.