A Guide to calculate how much Ballast is needed for Concrete: Advantages & Disadvantages

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Train sleepers are filled with ballast, an aggregate material that is placed beneath and around the sleepers. There are many types of gravel, sand, and coal dust available for use. In addition to stabilizing the track, ballast also facilitates drainage. As well as bearing locomotives, rolling stock, and associated tracks equipment, it supports the weight of rolling stock as well. A train track is a combination of railroad sleepers and ballast designed to withstand the dynamic forces generated by trains or other traffic passing over it, so that it maintains its stability even after years of usage. After the sleepers are laid, the subgrade supports the rail and sleepers.