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Here we provide you some of the most commonly used terms in this business area.
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Component of the track superstructure that receives the loads from the rolling stock, guiding it along the railway line. It is a rolled steel profile, in which we can distinguish three main parts: the head, whose upper side constitutes the rolling table; the core, the vertical part connecting the head to the flange; the flange, the lower base which rests on the sleepers, extending and offering resistance to changes in the transversal inclination of the rails.
By using freight transport, you will reduce CO2 eq emissions in:
against the same transport by road.
This is your contribution to saving the planet!
