The course Maintenance of railway superstructure offers you the opportunity to enter a rapidly growing sector, where the demand for skilled professionals is constantly increasing. With the ongoing expansion and modernisation of the rail networks, effective maintenance of the superstructure has become a key factor in ensuring the transport safety and efficiency. This course will equip you with the essential skills to understand and apply models y maintenance plans, as well as to carry out specialised operations in the railway sector. You will learn how to manage track equipment, supervise welding work effectively and assess the quality of the tracks, thereby ensuring optimal operation. On completion of this course, you will be prepared to tackle the challenges facing the sector and make your mark in a field that is crucial to the future of mobility. Join us on this learning journey and broaden your professional horizons.
Maintenance of railway superstructure
Civil Engineering and Structures
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- To understand maintenance models and plans in order to optimise the railway superstructure.
- Identify and analyse the various types of track equipment used in railway infrastructure maintenance.
- Apply control and supervision techniques to ensure the quality of welds on the railway.
- Assess the quality of the track using established methods and criteria to ensure it operates optimally.
- Interpret maintenance management systems to improve operational and service efficiency.
- To develop skills in the monitoring of railway infrastructure through the use of modern technologies.
- Implement effective maintenance strategies to ensure the safety and durability of the railway line.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. MAINTENANCE MODELS AND PLANS. OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT
1. The historical development of maintenance
2. Track maintenance schedule
3. Operations relating to the maintenance of the track
4. Types of partially mechanised track maintenance work
5. Types of fully mechanised track maintenance work
TEACHING UNIT 2. TRACK SYSTEMS
1. Introduction to the maintenance of track materials
2. The ballast, sleepers, fastening systems and the rail
3. Maintenance of track equipment
4. Plate route
5. Latest trends in superstructure maintenance
TEACHING UNIT 3. INSPECTION AND MONITORING OF WELDS
1. Electric butt welding of rails using the sparking method
2. Thermal aluminium rail welding
3. Inspections of aluminothermic welds
4. Ultrasonic detection of lane and weld effects
5. Types of fully mechanised track maintenance work
TEACHING UNIT 4. TRACK CONDITION ASSESSMENT
1. The concept of track quality and the quantification of quality
2. Geometric and dynamic track inspection
3. Analysis of the results of geometric auscultation: safety and comfort
4. Analysis of the results of geometric auscultation: condition of the rolling surface – undulatory wear
5. Analysis of the results of geometric inspection: condition of the running surface – vertical, lateral and total wear; average track gauge definition"