Posts tagged Railway track switch
A dynamic new design for a self-adjusting railway track switch could reduce both journey  delays and maintenance costs
A dynamic new design for a self-adjusting railway track switch could reduce both journey  delays and maintenance costs

The railways have been through major innovations in the past two centuries, but despite such ground-breaking innovations, regular commuters, however, are more commonly concerned about the regular delays. These disruptions caused largely due to switch failures, which added to 18.3% of the total delay in minutes in the UK between 2008-11.

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