Railway track and sleeper and gap-covering element therefor

摘要: The invention concerns a railway track comprising ballast bed (10), sleepers (12) disposed on the bed, and rails (14) secured to sleepers. are closely adjacent one another but in contactless manner such that gap is left free. define water-evacuation channels (134) extending transversely longitudinal direction of track, order lead water away laterally. gaps between can be covered by covering elements (142) or overlap manner. In this way, maintained substantially free from water, positional stability increased, hence amount maintenance work required, as packing, cleaning removal weeds reduced rendered superfluous.