Feasibility Analysis of Surface Rail in The Revitalization of The Railway Road

Institut Teknologi Padang, Department of Civil Engineering, Padang, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: wahab.wilton@yahoo.com

Abstract

The railway lines are an integral construction made of steel, concrete or other construction are located on the surface, below and above ground or dangling along with devices that direct the course of the train. Reflecting on the success of the revitalization of the railway line Padang-Pariaman, PT. Railway DIVRE II West Sumatra recently returned to the revitalization of the railway line Lubuk Alung–Kayu Tanam. In this final project feasibility analysis back to the road construction railroad Lubuk Alung-Kayu Tanam considering this path has not been used and an increase in the construction of the railroad on the route. The methodology used is the collection of data from related parties subsequently perform the calculation and analysis of railroad construction that has been revitalized. Data obtained from the calculation of the voltage rails on existing condition of 1380.34 kg/cm² and the voltage rails after revitalized by 840.601 kg/cm² while rail voltage maximum allowed is 1325 kg/cm², the rail existing deserves to be revitalized. Iron bearing on the condition of the existing able to withstand a load of 6761.69 kg, while the load caused by railbus is 8568.986 kg so that the iron bearing existing not worth traversed railbus axle 18 ton and made improvement to the concrete pads. After upgrading, held their concrete pads capable of 23241.678 kg load and expenses incurred as a result of railbus axle 18 tons of concrete pads amounted to 6986.276. Concrete pads so deserve to be passed railbus axle 18 tons. The results of this thesis states that the construction of a rail road Lubuk Alung-Kayu Tanam deserves to be revitalized because of the condition of the existing construction rails and bearings are not able to withstand the stresses and loads that occur due railbus 18 tons passing through.