75 Railway Engineering Topics helpful for Civil Engineers

Railway Engineering Topics

As Railway Engineering is an essential field, there is need to know its sub-topics for Civil engineers.

And for it, we will see 75 Railway Engineering Topics which can be helpful for Research, Seminar, Thesis, Projects etc in Civil Engineering. This includes the topics about various parts of Railways, its Station, Track, Track Junction, and about Design of Track.

Let's see,


  1. Requirement of Rails
  2. Types of Rails
  3. Length of the Rails
  4. Railway Track
  5. Defects on Rails
  6. Coning of the Wheel
  7. Rail Joints
  8. Types of Rail Joints
  9. Welding of Rail
  10. Sleepers
  11. Classification of Sleepers
  12. Sleeper Density
  13. Squaring of Sleeper
  14. Ballast
  15. Soil Subgrade
  16. Types of Ballast
  17. Survey Work
  18. Track Modulus
  19. Stresses on the Rail
  20. Stresses on Sleeper
  21. Stresses in the Ballast
  22. Creep of the Rail
  23. Theories of Creep
  24. Causes of Creep
  25. Effects of Creep
  26. Measurement of Creep
  27. Geometric Design of Track
  28. Gradients
  29. Speed of the Train
  30. Degree of the curve
  31. Super Elevation
  32. Equilibrium Speed
  33. Cant Deficiency
  34. Negative Super Elevation
  35. Curves
  36. Transition Curve
  37. Vertical Curves
  38. Shift
  39. Points
  40. Turnout
  41. Track Junctions
  42. Diamond Crossing
  43. Three Throw Switches
  44. Symmetrical Split
  45. Ladder tracks
  46. Temporary Diversion
  47. Crossovers
  48. Double Junctions
  49. Railway Stations
  50. Station Yards
  51. Equipments in station yards
  52. Classification of Signal
  53. Traction
  54. Tractive Resistance
  55. Interlocking of Signals and Points
  56. Maintenance of Track
  57. Safety in Railway
  58. Limitations of Super High Speeds
  59. Track Tolerance
  60. Maintenance of High Speed Track
  61. Modernization of track
  62. Measures of track Modernization
  63. Railway Budget
  64. Rolling Stock
  65. Recent Development in Indian Railways
  66. Importance of Railway
  67. Railway Gauge
  68. Construction Gauge
  69. Capacity of a Railway Track
  70. Track Alignment
  71. Mountain Railways
  72. Rack Railways
  73. Surveys for Track Alignment
  74. Components of Railway Track
  75. Hogged Rails





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