Maintenance of High Speed Lines

The IUR-UIC published in 1996 the IF-7/96 Report entitled "Maintenance of High Speed Lines". This technical document, reflecting the experience and knowledge available in Europe at the time it was written, contained general considerations on the maintenance of high speed lines and detail information about the principles concerning the organisation of track supervision and maintenance work. Since then the Railways and Railways environment have changed fundamentally with further internationalisation of High Speed Traffic:

• Reorganisation of the Railways with (partial) privatisation and liberalisation of the Railways in many countries, - New techniques introduced for different subsystems and publication of international rules and norms,
• New types of contract forms to build, operate and maintain Railways requiring longer term commitment.