Current practices in railway track analysis and design are reviewed and discussed in this paper. The
mechanical behavior of railway track structure comprising of various components has not been fully understood due
to the railway track structural complexity. Although there have been some improvements in the accuracy of current
track design methods in recent decades, there are still considerable uncertainties concerning the accuracy and
reliability of the current methods. This indicates a need for a thorough review and discussion on the current practices
in the analysis and design of railway track systems. In this paper, railway design approaches proposed by various
standards along with the results of a wide range of technical researches are studied and necessary suggestions are
made for the improvement of current practices in the analysis and design of railway track
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