This is how we lay concrete sleepers
New video - added this weekYouTube name: Hovedstadens Letbane.
Language: Danish.
Date: October 18, 2022.
City: Copenhagen (Denmark).
The video shows
Hovedstadens Letbane
Under construction
Description
Rails, sleepers, shards! There are many components to keep track of when the rails for Hovedstadens Light Rail need to be in place. Laying down traces is a multi-part process.
First, rails are laid, then sleepers are pushed in underneath, and finally ballast (granite shards) is filled into the track, which is adjusted with a special machine that packs the shards around the sleepers so that the track lies solidly.
In the video below, you can see what it looks like when our contractor, Aarsleff Rail As, pushes sleepers under the track. It looks cool!
The light rail will have two tracks, but one track will be completed in the part of the stretch that is being worked on, so that it can later be used as a working track for heavy machinery that runs on rails, while the other track is being laid.
