www.strabag-rail.

com

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION

THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR

SUCCESS ...
EICHHOLZ is a German railway construction company owned by STRABAG Group.
STRABAG is one of the leading construction groups in Austria and Germany, and
across Central and Eastern Europe. The company has operations worldwide, employing
more than 60,000 employees (2008). Thanks to its innovative and extensive range
of products, the STRABAG Group has become a leader in complex building construction and civil engineering projects. From the initial groundbreaking to the handover of the keys - STRABAG is YOUR partner of choice for projects of all shapes and
sizes, especially those involving infrastructure, industry and the environment. Our
main areas of operation are building construction and construction engineering, transportation infrastructures, and special divisions & concessions. The high concentration
of specialist expertise within each segment and the close cooperation between the
areas allow for the successful implementation of even the most complex ideas.

... HAS A SOLID FOUNDATION

For the EICHHOLZ Group, railway construction means developing turnkey railway
traffic systems from A to B. Within the system of railway construction, the
EICHHOLZ Group draws upon more than 85 years of experience to provide valuable
input during the planning stages and in setting high-quality standards during the construction phase, while adhering to deadlines and budgetary constraints. This is why
the EICHHOLZ Group is a reliable system partner for the 5 metres around the rail!

Retusche

Retusche

Retusche
Retusche
Retusche

Retusche

THE HIGHEST EFFICIENCY IN RAILWAY

CONSTRUCTION

5 METreS
AROUND THE
RAIL
Consultation on areas ranging
from maintenance services to
project management for general
contractors.
Construction of rail track systems
with ballasted tracks and slab tracks
for high-speed traffic
for the urban railway / LRT
for regional trains
for all infrastructure providers
for industrial railways and feeder
lines
Tramway systems
Track welding
Flashbutt welding
All manual welding work
Track-bound underground
engineering
Installation of substructures (PSS)
Installation of frost protection
layers (FSS)
Installation of drainage systems
Laying of railway cables
All types of level crossings
Cable duct systems
Track-bound cable duct systems
including shafts
All sizes of cable ducts, buried or
elevated
Junction boxes, dispatchers,
special kits
fully equipped above-ground
switchgear houses and
subterranean stations
Platforms
Securing the railway embankment
and foundation
Laying of pre-fabricated platform
edges
Backing and surface reinforcements
Complementing this with ramps, lift
shafts and stairways.
Recording and measurement of
the tracking system
Installation of fuelling and washing
systems as well as wagon
retarding systems
Overhead lines for short and longdistance traffic
With kind permission of Schlatter AG

TRACK
CONSTRUCTION
MACHINES

Universal track and turnout tamping

machine Unimat 4S
Track tamping machine 09/32 and
09/3X
Ballast profiling machines SSP 100
and 110 SW
Rail track construction cranes GS 40
and GS 80
Flash butt welding machines

MACHINE
TECHNOLOGY

Rail track unloading facility CR-FP/E

Eichholz
CWR unloading device EMD
Portal frame Donelli PTH 350
Hydraulic 4-spindle screw driver
machine
Rail-road excavator 900 Litronic
Rail-road Unimog
LOCTRAC ZW 100 S

OVERHEAD LINE WELDING

TECHNOLOGY
Track welding works on tracks in
operation according to DB AG Ril
826.1020: CLASS 1
mobile Flash butt welding (RA mobile)
including grooved rail profiles
aluminothermic welding (AS welding)
mobile insulated rail joint manufac-
turing (MT and MT-reinforced)
electrical joint welding with welding
rods and filler wire (OEV/MF)
electrical resurface welding with
stick electrodes and filler wire
(OEA/MF)
Welding works in factories according
to DB AG Ril 826.1021: CLASS 2
stationary Flash butt welding (RA
stationary)
stationary insulated rail joint
manufacturing (MT and
MT-reinforced)
Manual metal arc welding
(Process 111)
Metal arc welding with filer wire
electrodes (Process 114)

Supervision with stress equalisation

according to DB AG Ril
826.1030:
Supervision with carrying out stress
equalisation for CFR tracks and
turnouts
Welding of structural steel elements
according to DIN 18.800-7, DB AG
Ril 804 and DB AG Ril 804.9050:
CLASS E
Manual shielded metal arc welding
(Process 111)
Metal active gas (MAG) welding
(Process 135)

5 METRES AROUND THE RAIL

OVERHEAD LINE CONSTRUCTION

FAHRLEITUNGSBAU GMBH is a
specialist in the construction and
maintenance of overhead catenary line
systems in Germany and neighbouring
countries.
Complete range of services
Our customers know and appreciate the
fact that we offer all technical services
for overhead lines from one source. Contractors therefore only need to address
one contact person. This ensures the
smooth handling of projects.
A detailed list of our services:
Planning and statistics
Foundations
Mast erection
Pre-assembly of the cantilever
Pulling the carrier cable
Pulling the contact wire
Rail adjustment work
Commissioning

Products for short-distance traffic

Apart from developing and producing
a complete service portfolio for mounting and maintaining overhead line
systems, we also produce products
for short-distance railway traffic. Our
product innovations have continuously
set the standards. This was also the
case with the most recent development
in the road and metropolitan railway
sector, the introduction of shackle
insulators with silicon coating, which
was the result of ideas that came from
our company.
Expertise in overhead line
construction
Through many years of experience in
cooperating closely with our customers,
we have the capacity to meet our
customers technical requirements
quickly and professionally at any time.
FAHRLEITUNGSBAU GMBH is a
qualified partner, an innovative company with many years of experience
and comprehensive know-how in all
matters relating to overhead lines for
electrical railways.

TURNOUTS CONSTRUCTION
Our switch factory produces turnouts
and major turnout components from
all customary types of rail (vignol and
grooved rails) for all gauges, also
mixed gauges, up to a radius of R =
500 m.
Here is a detailed list of our services:
Construction of special turnouts
Production of turnouts, major turn-
outs components and crossings
Delivery of sleeper sets for turnouts
Induction hardening and tempering
of rail tracks and major turnout
components
Manufacturing of stationary insulation
joints
Fastening devices for railway
crossings, including the Lindau
system in particular
Guard rail constructions
rail expansion joints for bridges
Transformer crossings
Production of accessories and spare
parts

We can also deliver turnouts and

major tunrout components as well
as sets of sleepers made of new,
second-hand or reworked material.
Furthermore, we also perform:
Switch and track inspections in
accordance with DS 820/821 of the
Deutsche Bahn AG
Welding work on tracks based on
the certificates granted by the
Deutsche Bahn AG
Using multi-lined bending machines
to bend rails of all types into all
shapes
Reconditioning of old switches and
crossings

SERVICES THAT MEET EVERY REQUIREMENT

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

UNDERGROUND ENGINEERING

Bridges in cast-in-situ concrete

Abutments and pillars in reinforced
concrete
superstructures in reinforced
concrete and/or pre-stressed
concrete
concrete slab with pre-bent rolled
steel joists (RSJ)

Various types of construction
Mixed construction
Compound construction
Modular construction
Frame mode

Bridges using displacement

construction methods
Full or half-framed, and one or
multiple-section bridges
Girder-style bridges
Mounting outside the
platform
Displacement of bridges via
displacement tracks

Underground engineering work on

tracks
Installation and renewal of protective
surfaces
Ground enhancement and stabilisation
Longitudinal installation of tracks and
preservation of ballast
Drainage systems and route accom panying underground cable
engineering work

Provisional bridges
Mounting of flat or deep foundations
Erecting, maintenance and expansion
of single or multi-section temporary
bridges

Retaining walls
Mounting of retaining walls in in-situ
concrete or prefabricated parts
Gabions

Subways in
cast-in-situ concrete
Full-framed subways, in in-situ
concrete
Complementing this with ramps, lift
shafts and stairways

Steel bridges
Bridge renovations
(whilst in operation)

Pipeline underground engineering

Renovation of waste water systems
Drinking water, gas supply, waste
water (rain and dirty water)
Special constructions
Preparing subways and water
crossings up to DN 400
Underground engineering for light
signal systems, including related
road construction work
Drainage and outer sealing
Developments
Waste water systems
Water supply pipes
Cable system (media)
Electricity supply cables
Gas supply pipes
Telecommunication lines
Lighting cables
Telecommunications lines
Underground engineering and cable
laying for telecommunications com
panies telecommunication companies
Building cable systems as well as
shaft constructions
Installation and laying of telecom-
munications und signal cables
(DBAG, EVU, VB)
Laying of fibre-glass cables
Feeding in cables

Electrical power lines

Underground engineering and laying
of cables for power utilities in the low,
medium and high-voltage ranges
Laying of traction current lines
Cable duct trough systems including
special constructions
Construction of converter substations
and special constructions
Road construction and landscaping
Restoration of all types of surfaces
Building of access roads in bitumen
and plaster
Plastering and natural stone work,
laying of all kinds of slabs
Yard fixtures and design of space

SERVICES THAT MEET EVERY REQUIREMENT

TRAMWAY CONSTRUCTION LRT-TRACKS

Track building is more than mere execution quality, profitability and reliability must
be part of the construction process. This is why we have purposefully chosen to
include key areas such as new constructions, reconstructions, and the repair of track
systems with all types of gauges, rail and sleeper profiles in our service portfolio. It
is also why we use the most advanced technology and have employed a competent
and experienced team of specialists.
Our range of services includes:
Track construction: slab track and
Earthworks and underground ballasted tracks
engineering
Creation of complete platforms
Manufacturing of base courses and stations
Retrieval of building material
Concrete, plaster and asphalt surface
and recycling treatments
Cable duct systems, piping,
Level crossings round off our service
drainage portfolio

SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION STATION21

System construction offers a turn-key
station 21 product portfolio from onestop concrete finished parts at a fixed
price, incl. certification and framework
agreement with the German Federal
Railway Authority (EBA).
Accurate and particularly fast installation
on-site includes planning, prefabrication,
transportation and assembly of prefabricated platforms and subways.
station21
All from one source
EBA type certification
Simple planning
Fixed price
Life-long flexibility
Persistently high level of quality
Construction based on module 813
Cost transparency through
framework agreement with the
Deutsche Bahn (German Rail)
Quality according to
DIN EN ISO 9001
Variable contact spacing
Very short construction periods
System benefits, such as a type
solution

Benefits of the platform21 system

Platform facilities are fixed with
screws and dowels retrospectively
Platform roof connection is
integrated into the foundations
Allows for construction on top of
existing platforms
Minimal remaining mass
No building in the tracks pressure
range
High level of pre-manufacturing
Can be used for arcs up to a radius
of 300 m
No longitudinal installation of tracks
is necessary
Type solution for connection to sub
way system Stuttgart (tunnel21)
System benefits tunnel21
High level of prefabrication
Modular connection to platform
system platform21
Fast mounting is possible during
periods of track possession

www.strabag-rail.com

STRABAG Rail GmbH

Direktion Bahnbau
Bessemerstrae 42b
D - 12103 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 670 69 09 - 62
Fax: +49 (0)30 / 670 69 09 - 66
berlin@strabag-rail.com