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Avoiding Holes in Rails

The document provides instructions from the Railway Board of India's Ministry of Railways to improve track performance and avoid the need for glued rail joints and drilling holes in rails for signaling and traction fixtures. Specifically: 1. For new works, glued joints will be avoided by using digital axle counters and clamp-type fixtures will be trialed for signaling and traction installations. 2. For sanctioned works, glued joints will be replaced and holes will be avoided by using clamp fixtures which are being developed. 3. Field trials of rail earth clamps for traction installations will be conducted on zones and approved based on results.

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Avoiding Holes in Rails

The document provides instructions from the Railway Board of India's Ministry of Railways to improve track performance and avoid the need for glued rail joints and drilling holes in rails for signaling and traction fixtures. Specifically: 1. For new works, glued joints will be avoided by using digital axle counters and clamp-type fixtures will be trialed for signaling and traction installations. 2. For sanctioned works, glued joints will be replaced and holes will be avoided by using clamp fixtures which are being developed. 3. Field trials of rail earth clamps for traction installations will be conducted on zones and approved based on results.

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HTRA HRG6N (GOVERNMENT OF INDIA)

T HATCT (MINISTRY OF RAILWAYs)


T as (RAILWAY BOARD)

No.2018/CE-II/TK/S&T/AGJ & DH New Delhi, Dated:lo oß2020

All General Managers,


Indian Railway

Sub: Improving performance of Track Avoiding requirement


of Glued Joints and Drilling of holes in rails for S&T and
Traction Installation (TI) fixtures.

Glued Joints are weak link in track as their life is substantially lower than
rails and its failure rates are also much higher. Insertion of Glued joints require AT
welds, which are also weak joints and need attention/testing & replacements from
time to time.

S&T and TI fixtures are connected to rail, mostly by driling holes in rails.
90 UTS (and higher grade) rails, being more brittle in nature, are very sensitive to
the dents and holes. The location of holes becomes a stress concentration point
and initiation of cracks may take place from these locations.

In order to enhance safety and service ife of rails along with reduction of
asset failures, Railway Board (ME, MTR and MS&T) has decided that:

1. For all new works:


a) For all future works in Block sections, glued joints shall be avoided by
providing digital axle counters with design redundancy for Block
Proving Application (BPAC), Intermediate Block Signalling (IBS)
Application and Automatic Block Signalling (ABS) Applications.

b) As regards yards and station sections, extant instructions for providing


track detection systems shall continue.

At present, the works should be planned with track devices capable of


fitting with the help of holes and bolt arrangement. Further, clamp type
fixing arrangements will be developed and provided on trial basis. On the
basis of trails, RDSO will approve for regular use or Aerial earth wire shall
be tried as defined in code of practice para 2.3 of earthing and bonding
code for 25 KV 50 Hz, single phase traction system issued by RDSo.
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2. Forsanctioned works on GQ/GD &HDN routes:


a)For all sanctioned works in Block sections, glued joints shall be replaced
by providing digital axle counters with design redundancy for Block
Proving Application (BPAC), Intermediate Block Signalling (1BS)
Application and Automatic Block Signalling (ABS) Applications.

b) As regards yards and station sections, extant instructions for providing


track detection systems shall continue.

At present, the works should be planned with track devices capable of


fitting with the help of holes and bolt arrangement. Further, clamp type
fixing arrangements will be developed and provided on trial basis. On
the basis of trials, RDSO will approve for regular use.

3. Field trials of Rail Earth Clamp for Traction Installations over Zonal
Railways should be made. On the basis of results of trials, these will be
approved for use over IR by RDSO or Aerial earth wire shall be tried as
defined in code of practice para 2.3 of earthing and bond code of 25
KV, 50 Hz, single phase 50 Hz, single phase traction system issued by
RDSO.

(Pradeep Nagar
Director Civil Engg.(Plg.)
Railway Board

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