Abstract
Railway sleeper is an important component of railway network. Its clamping is also a critical issue in order to avoid any slippage and to maintain the alignment or cross level. Earlier, railway network used wooden sleepers worldwide. Further steel sleepers in parallel with wooden sleepers have been employed. Both are replaced with concrete sleepers with the advancements. With the modernization, the idea of railway sleepers with fibre composite materials has been introduced which is accepted worldwide due to its unique features over any other type of sleeper. This paper discuss about different composite material sleepers and review the important features associated with them i.e. composition, properties, advantages and limitations.
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