Installation of the First Switches Successfully Completed.
The work on the ARGE S21 fixed track Fildern (AFIL) is progressing rapidly. In April, the installation of the first switches took place. The 85-metre-long and 60-tonne switches were vonveyed via specialist transport to the new construction route near Wendlingen.
Construction of the fixed track progressed rapidly since it began about a year ago, allowing the installation of the first four switches to go ahead as planned in April of this year. Thanks to the sophisticated logistics, meticulously planned by the AFIL team, the installation and subsequent concreting went exactly according to plan.
To advance the construction progress, in recent months work was carried out simultaneously at several points on the track between Wendlingen and Stuttgart Airport. The numerous bridges and railway overpasses had to be prepared for the installation of the fixed track. For this, bulkhead panels were concreted, and STOG compensating plates were installed. The earthworks constructed several metres of cable duct as well as the "HGT" – a hydraulically bonded bearing layer – as a base for the later installation of the fixed track in the Rheda 2000 system. Currently, the specially developed concrete finisher is back in use.
ARGE S21 Feste Fahrbahn Fildern (AFIL)
- Partners: Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group, Ed. Züblin AG, DB Bahnbau Gruppe
- Contract: 35 Track-Kilometres of Fixed Track (FF)
- Construction Section: Stuttgart Airport – Neckar
- Further Information: www.bahnprojekt-stuttgart-ulm.de
