STRAILway Installation in Lille, France

 

FACTS

• Location Lille, France
• Client Keolis Lille Métropole
• Product STRAILway polymer sleeper
• Lenght/Quantity 18 ML, 1 800 x 260 x 160 mm
• Speed max. 70 km/h
• Axle load max. 12 Tons
• Date August 2023

 

 

AT A GLANCE

At the end of 2022, Keolis Lille Métropole, operator of the tram, metro and bus bus network of the city of Lille, was looking for a sustainable solution to increase the service life of the tracks and sleepers.

The tracks are mounted on concrete sleepers, but at the stops on flat concrete plates. Due to the heavy wear in this transition area, the track and sleepers must be completely renewed after 15 years at the latest.

This maintenance work is very expensive and time-consuming. Hence the desire of the operator to use sleepers that can absorb vertical loads without deformation. In addition, the new sleepers should prevent the screws, ensure a smooth transition to the solid
concrete plate and have a long service life.

The STRAILway polymer sleepers offered itself as the optimal solution.

STRAIL FRANCE supplied ready-drilled STRAILway polymer sleepers.

The installation was carried out by EIFFAGE RAIL and went quickly and smoothly.

The operator Keolis Lille Métropole is very satisfied with this solution and the STRAILway polymer sleepers has completely fulfilled the customer‘s expectations.