Rail track, also called railroad rail, railroad track, steel rail and so on, is widely used in the railway track system. Together with the cooperation with the railroad switch, it can make trains running without turning to the other directions. In general, rail track is consist of two parallel steel tracks and lays steadily on the railway sleepers. With the development of railway industry, the steel is widely used in the industry. Compared with other materials, the steel have a larger tolerance to bear more weight. The steel track can disperse the weight of the steel tracks and keep the stability of the railway transportation. The stones under the steel tracks can supply a elasticity to the railroad tracks. During the common life, the steel tracks can lay on the base made of concrete and even can be embedded into concrete.
What is the Heavy Rail or heavy steel rail?
Generally, the weight of steel rail which is larger than 30kg per meter is called heavy rail or heavy steel rail. Heavy steel rail is different from light rail. It is the track for heavy vehicles. Thus, heavy steel rail is much thicker and heavier. And its specifications are also higher than light steel rail.
| Classification | Height(mm) | Head (mm) | Bottom (mm) | Thick(mm) | Weight (kg/m) | |
| Heavy Rail | 38 KG/M | 134 | 68 | 114 | 13 | 38.733 |
| 43 KG/M | 140 | 70 | 114 | 14.5 | 44.653 | |
| 45 KG/M | 145 | 67 | 126 | 14.5 | 45.546 | |
| 50 KG/M | 152 | 70 | 132 | 15.5 | 51.514 | |
| 60 KG/M | 176 | 73 | 150 | 16.5 | 60.64 | |
Applications of Heavy Steel Rail
Heavy rail also called metro rail or rapid rail, is normally used for handling many passengers at once or transiting heavy cargoes. Heavy tracks may be placed in subway tunnels, on elevated structures, as well as fenced-off, ground-level tracks that do not cross roads. The benefits of of heavy rail are significantly. Heavy rail is popular all of the world since it is the most reliable mode of transport. Heavy rail transit does not depend on traffic. In addition, it does not affect by bad weather. What's more, it is able to transfer large amounts of cargo in terms of volume and weight.
GNEE RAIL supplies GB standard heavy steel rails. We have various sizes of heavy rails in stock which includes 38kg/43kg/50kg/60kg/75kg steel rail. And we have a large amount of heavy rails in stock for sale.
We also supply relative rail parts, such as rail clips, fish plates, rail bolts, rail washer and nuts. As a one-stop shopping of rail products, GNEE RAIL would like to provide better service for you. If you want to inquire more details about the heavy rail, please feel free to contact GNEE RAIL. We'll feed back to you as soon as possible.
