Topic: Sleepers

Even more construction on German tracks this year to replace half a million sleepers

The German railway network will have 400 additional construction sites this year and this will have a negative impact on punctuality, predicts Deutsche Bahn. DB will replace more than five times more sleepers than usual....Read more

02-06-2023|Comment|author: Esther Geerts

DB introduces tighter criteria for sleepers inspection

The various inspection rounds of sleepers across Germany in recent months have resulted in new, tightened procedures at Deutsche Bahn (DB) regarding future inspections. DB has stated that it will implement “stricter criteria for the...Read more

27-03-2023|1 comment|author: Nick Augusteijn

DB to replace 137,000 sleepers, rail traffic in Germany at stake again

Following a manufacturing error in thousands of concrete sleepers across the German railway network, Deutsche Bahn is now on a mission to replace them. Specifically, the German company will need to replace around 137,000 sleepers...Read more

07-09-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios