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Railway Track: Iron and Steel

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 1 July 2026UIN 12603

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on what temperature range the steel in standard gauge tracks across the UK rail network is tempered to be used between.

Answered by Keir Mather

Continuous welded rail in the UK is designed to accommodate a rail temperature range of -14°C to +59°C.

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