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#Railnatter

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#RailNatter Episode 39: What is slab track and why is it good (with Ivana Avramović)

#RailNatter Episode 39: What is slab track and why is it good (with Ivana Avramović)

2020-12-16
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I harp on about slab track quite a bit, not least in relation to its improvement in the whole-life costs and impacts of intensively-used railway infrastructure… But what exactly is it, and how does it work?

Well, Ivana Avramović is from PORR, which is the world’s leading manufacturer of slab track, and she’ll be joining us for tonight’s #RailNatter to explain all!

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