Nikita Terentyev, CEO of NPS High-Speed Technology, spoke at the plenary session of Pro//Motion.Expo, where he presented the unique solutions of Natsproektstroy Companies for Russia's first high-speed Moscow–St. Petersburg railway line.
"We have studied all the examples of foreign high-speed railway projects, including the Chinese experience. None of the existing ballastless slab track designs was suitable for the declared parameters of the Russian railway line. Therefore, we have designed our own track slab of the latest generation, which in many ways surpasses the world's solutions," Nikita Terentyev explained.
Slabs are manufactured with the highest precision: the thickness difference over the entire surface does not exceed one millimeter, without grinding and additional processing.
Each slab has an embedded 'electronic datasheet' that will allow you to track all its parameters: from the concrete design mix to the position in the railway line.
Natsproektstroy will open two fully automated factories in order to produce the required quantity of slabs in a short time. Most of the operations will be performed by robots and mechanic arms, while still controlled by man. Each line will be able to produce 50,000 slabs, or about 400,000 cubic meters of reinforced concrete per year. One factory will consume 58 railcars of aggregates per day.
In addition to the unparalleled track, High-Speed Railway Line 1 project will use unique 700-ton beams for spans of artificial structures, a special catenary system, and a Russian digital train traffic control system.