HUESKER products for railway construction:

• Comtrac® geocomposite
• Fortrac® geogrid
• HaTe®-woven
• HaTe®-nonwoven
• Stabilenka® woven
• Ringtrac® fabric tubes

Railways

High-tensile geogrid/woven fabric reinforces unstable ground - and because no expensive soil replacement is necessary - reduces construction costs. The ease of handling of geosynthetics allows work on site to progress quickly. Geosynthetics act as a separation layer to prevent soils mixing into structural layers, as can be seen in this animated example of an application .

The main applications in railway construction include:

• Foundations of earthworks on low bearing capacity soils

• Reinforcement of embankments over pile caps / vibro stone columns etc.

• Reinforcement of retaining walls and extra-steep earthworks slopes

• Separation of original ground and load-carrying layers

• Safety of railway infrastructure in areas prone to subsidence

• Site access roads and transport routes

• Lower layer dewatering