INCREASING SAFETY AND REDUCING

COSTS FOR RAILWAY TUNNELS

Berlin, September 2012
Contents
Why slab track inside a tunnel?
General advantages of slab track
Systems by edilon)(sedra
Embedded Rail System (ERS)
ERS in tunnels: cost reduction and increase of safety
edilon)(sedra systems in tunnels: CASES
Why slab track inside a tunnel?
VERY LOW MAINTENANCE
TRACK RELIABILITY / SAFETY
Advantages for the Railway Administration
GOOD TRACK GEOMETRY
Slab track=
ENHANCED TRACK RESISTANCE
LESS DYNAMIC FORCES
VIRTUALLY NO
MAINTENANCE REQUIRED
FOR TRACK GEOMETRY
REDUCED
NUMBER OF
INSPECTIONS
General advantages
NO BALLAST WEED KILLING
NO TAMPING
NO FLYING BALLAST
NO BALLAST IMPRINTS ON RAIL
NO BALLAST RENEWAL
CONCRETE
In situ
concrete
with sleepers
ASPHALT
Prefab
concrete
segments
In situ
concrete
without
sleepers
With
sleepers
DIRECTLY
SUPPORTED
SLEEPERS
SEVERAL
ELASTICITY LAYERS
CONTINUSLY
SUPPORTED RAIL
MONOLITHIC
Special
constructions
Floating
slab
Elastomere
supported
blocks
Rheda City
Rheda Dywidag
Rheda Berlin
Rheda 2000
BB-PORR Direct
Fixed
Fastening
Embedded Rail Floating slab Removable
block systems
AIFF
ATD-G
ATD
Getrac-A1
Getrac-A3
General classification
Our designs
DESIGN BY edilon)(sedra
ERS-HR EBS EDF (-FF)
ERS-LR SB Steel Bridge LC HR/LR
ERS-CR Prefab Bridge Prefab Slabs
ERS-M Semi Prefab bridge ESTS
DESIGN BY edilon)(sedra
ERS-HR EBS EDF (-FF)
ERS-LR SB Steel Bridge LC HR/LR
ERS-CR Prefab Bridge Prefab Slabs
ERS-M Semi Prefab bridge ESTS
OUR SYSTEMS
EDILON Corkelast

Embedded Rail Systems ERS

EDILON Corkelast

Block Systems EBS

EDILON Direct Fastening Systems EDF
Sedra SDS Systems SDS
Sedra Turf Track STF
edilon)(sedra Trackelast

TRACKELAST
OUR SYSTEMS
EDILON Corkelast

Embedded Rail Systems ERS

EDILON Corkelast

Block Systems EBS

EDILON Direct Fastening Systems EDF
Sedra SDS Systems SDS
Sedra Turf Track STF
edilon)(sedra Trackelast

TRACKELAST
SYSTEMS BY
Continuous rail support in vertical & lateral
direction
Reduction of noise & vibration
Electrical isolation against stray current
Virtually maintenance free
Savings in construction costs
Rail tracks accessible by emergency vehicles
Long history for all kinds of rail traffic (1973)
Embedded Rail System (ERS) certified and approved
ERS in tunnels: Cost reduction and increase of safety
ERS in tunnels: Cost reduction and increase of safety
Considerable reduction of Tunnel Cross Section
Considering the local and international importance and large investments
allocated to such railway projects the final implemented project should be a
durable and long lasting, maintenance free system, designed to International
standards but still an affordable solution.
Savings made during the implementation period, by installing a smooth flat
embedded rail system, can often reduce tunneling and removal of tunnel waste
by up to 10% with the EDILON Corkelast

Embedded Rail system.

Tunnels Special Economical Feature
3. Cost reduction:
The first tunnel (ERS) has a perimeter of C
1
=2R
1
=25.13 m and the second tunnel (ballasted) a perimeter of C
2
=2R
2
=26.55 m.
So the difference is C=1.42 m. Based on the knowledge that the thickness of the tunnel shield is 0.32 m.
Therefore, per meter we save 1.42x0.32 = 0.4544 m
3
of concrete.
Given the fact that the special prefab elements, as in tunnels, cost approximately 1000 per m
3
then the cost reduction per meter
is 454.
1. Reduction in construction
height:
From the first picture (two tunnels)
we see the difference in Radius is
0.225m (R4225-R4000). So, in total
the tunnel diameter is reduced by
0.45 m.
2. Reduction in excavated debris
the difference between ERS and
Ballasted tunnel is
S=(R1
2
-R2
2
)= 5.81 m
2
or more
than 10.4%in reduced debris
Tunnels Special Economical Feature
Tunnels Conventional slab track system
Tunnels - Embedded Rail System (ERS)
Dedicated entrance for emergency and security vehicles.
Directly from street level to the station
Street entrance for emergency vehicles Atocha station
Madrid
Tunnels - Embedded Rail System (ERS)
From the street direct to the station platform
Tunnels - Embedded Rail System (ERS)
Elevator to station platform Street level to station platform
From the station platform immediate and unrestricted access to either tunnel
entrances
From Station platform to directly on to the tunnel track
Tunnels - Edilon Corkelast

Embedded Rail System (ERS)

Cases: Tunnels
Case: general use of EBS in Metro de Madrid
19
SKETCH OF THE SYSTEM
Case: FGC in Barcelona, Spain
Case: Pragal tunnel, Portugal
21
Case: Alcobendas tunnel, Spain
Case: Chamartin-T4 airport terminal, Madrid ERS, 3-gauge track
Case: Chamartin-T4 airport terminal, Madrid ERS, 3-gauge track
Project Rail access to Barajas Airport, Madrid,
Spain
Length 13,5 km
Construction year 2010-2011
Rails 1:20 inclined 60E1 rails
Performance edilon)(sedra ERS. Commuter & high
speed passenger traffic.
Target Trafficability for road wheel vehicles.
Easy evacuation of passengers
Client Ministerio de Fomento. Government of
Spain
Special features Three-rail, dual gauge track allowing
track on international track gauge
(1435 mm) and RENFE gauge (1668
mm)
Case: tunnel Sants-Sagrera (Barcelona)
Case: Atocha-Chamartin tunnel, Madrid
Case: access tunnels to Gerona high speed station, Spain
Case: Alboraya tunnel EDF
Project Railway tunnel in Alboraya, Spain
Length 2.625 m
Construction
year
2008-2010
Rails 54E1
Performance Fiber glass reinforced polyamide
EDF.
Max axle load 13,5 ton, max
speed 85 km/h
Client Ferrocarriles de la Generalidad
Valenciana
Special
features
Metric track gauge 1.000 mm
Case: Diamond crossings in the channel tunnel
Tunnels - Edilon Corkelast

Embedded Rail System (ERS)

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