Europe and the United States are experiencing record-breaking temperatures this summer. Intense heat causes steel railroad tracks to expand ...
In the United Kingdom, CWR is stressed to 27 °C (81 °F), the mean summer rail temperature.
Because rails are made from steel, they expand as they get hotter, and can start to curve – known as 'buckling'. Most of the network can operate when track ...
Sun kinks, sections of track that have buckled in intense outdoor heat, have
This weekend's heatwave in Sweden proved troublesome for train passengers on the Sundsvall–Timrå route after buckled tracks resulted in ...
High temperatures cause steel tracks to expand and buckle under stress,
If trains go too fast they risk buckling the track. While the air temperature might be 31C, temperatures on tracks can exceed 50C during heatwaves ...
The increasing ability of rolling mills to produce longer rails created the initial challenge.
to climate change on buckling and rail related delays in south-east United
2010). To reduce the potential for track buckling and to minimize the severity of a ... at the route level at which Network Rail operational decisions are made.