1. Subdivision and construction of rail substructure and its construction layers – basic terms, types and design of railway substructure. 2. Design of construction layers in compliance with SŽDC S4 regulation, DORNII method, protection against frost. 3. Geosynthetics. Improved and stabilized soils. Earth formation. 4. Earth formation slope and its stability. Protection of embankments and cuts. Earth formation drainage. 5. Diagnostic methods and assessment, failures and repair works. 6. Railway superstructure, structure development, rails. 8. Assembly of rail joints. Sleepers. 9. Construction of continuous welded rail, rail welding methods. Continuous welded rail maintenance. 10. Rail fastening systems. 11. Switches and crossing, types, turnout parts. Terms, geometry of set of switches and common crossings. Manufactured types and notation. 12. The single turnout, stock rail, switch rail (blade), common and crossings, sleepers, fastenings systems. Operating and locking systems. Crossings and slip points. 13. Turnout collections. Cross overs, connection of parallel track.

1. Introduction, specifying of the project of a section of railway track 2. Design of constructive layers and their evaluation according to Railway Infrastructure Administration regulation, DORNII method, frost protection. 3. Earth formation, drainage, walls 4. Drawings, format and content 5. Technical report, consultations 6. Project submitting. Design of track geometry parameters optimization 7. Review of track superstructure components. 8. Jointed rail, assembly of rails in curves. 9. Continuous welded rail 10. Basic dimensions of turnouts. 11. Transformation of turnouts. 12. Crossovers, design of branching into parallel tracks 13. Submitting of calculations, credit.