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Inspection and maintenance

With more than 110 years of history in the field of track construction, LEONHARD WEISS is your reliable partner for the inspection and maintenance of rail systems. Our inspection services include rail condition surveys resulting in a report that will fully explain our assessments. Additionally, we can provide detailed plans for ongoing maintenance programs along with estimates for associated annual expenses.

With LEONHARD WEISS you will have a partner who can address every aspect of maintenance from vegetation control to major repair projects.

Periodic inspections of track system on the basis of Obri-NE

Construction guidelines for not federally-owned railways

Customer: over 50 customers
Year of construction: since 2013

Periodic inspections of track system on the basis of Obri-NE for over 50 customers:

Industrial track connections: for ex. automobile industry, chemical industry, raw material and construction material industry, transport business and others
Track connections of energy providers and network operators
Railway infrastructure operators of all kinds
Analogue and digital measuring of track guiding parameters in tracks and points, inspection and documentation of the superstructure
Maintenance management

Industrial main track Deggendorf-Hengersberg

Customer: Schwaiger Holzindustrie GmbH & Co. KG
Year of construction: since 2022

Annual inspection of track system including the industrial main track Deggendorf-Hengersberg since 2022.


Track maintenance works since 2020:

exchange of sleepers
welding, sanding and deburring works on superstructure
exchange of bridge girders
tamping works
renovation of level crossing with installation of Stelcon track supporting layer

Industriepark Münchsmünster

Customer: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
Year of construction: since 2011

Annual inspection of the track system: 34 points and 9.3 km of track Track maintenance and new construction works since 2011: exchange of sleepers, track conversion with ballast cleaning, welding, sanding and deburring works on superstructure, tamping works, exchange of sleepers of points, point conversion, exchange of sets of switches, movable frogs and special rails, construction of new tracks.

590 m track
16 pcs. points
490 pcs. sleepers
380 t track ballast
2,250 m² demolition of asphalt and concrete

PKI Heidelberg

Customer: DB Netz AG, Karlsruhe
Construction period: 36 months Year of construction: 2021–2023
Work during nightly shutdowns 3–6 hours
Exchange of sleepers
Exchange of large turnout parts
Removal of muddy areas
Exchange of rails
Exchange of long rails
Tamping works by means of machines

Maintenance of superstructure Nuremberg

Customer: Deutsche Bahn AG, Munich
Construction period: 12 months Year of construction: 2021 (Maintenance contract – duration 2020–2023)
685 pcs. exchange of fitting rails and guide rails
82 pcs. exchange of movable frogs up to R 2500 points
90 pcs. exchange of sets of switches up to R 2500 points
1838 pcs. exchange of sleepers
13 pcs. removal of muddy areas
12 x exchange of long rails (up to 6 x 120 m per shift)

PKI Heilbronn

Customer: DB Netz AG, Stuttgart
Construction period: 36 monthsYear of construction: 2021–2023
Nightly shutdowns 3–6 hours
Exchange of sleepers
Exchange of large parts of turnouts
Tamping works by means of machines
Removal of muddy areas
Exchange of long rails

Maintenance of superstructure Nuremberg

Customer: Deutsche Bahn AG München
Construction period: 12 months in 2020 Year of construction: from 2020 (maintenance contract – duration 4 years (2020-2023))
685 pcs. exchange of specially fitted rails and guide rails
82 pcs. exchange of frogs
90 pcs. exchange of sets of switches
1,838 pcs. exchange of sleepers
13 pcs. elimination of muddy areas
12 exchanges of long rails (up to 6 x 120 m per shift)

Framework contract bridge girders 2020 North and South

Customer: DB Netz AG
Construction period: 12 months Year of construction: 2020
In 2020 2,500 bridge girders were exchanged for DB Netz AG. During the project 700 oak bridge girders and 1,800 Sekusi girders from Japan were installed.
During the year 2020 a total of 60 railway bridges was processed and 8 rail expansion joints were renovated.

Karlsruhe Rhine harbor

Customer: Karlsruher Versorgungs-, Verkehrs- und Hafen GmbH
Year of construction: 2010–2017
Inspection and maintenance of the track system in the Karlsruhe Rhine harbor
40 km of track and 140 switches

Hohenzollerische Landesbahn Oberbauprogramm

Annual contracts + additional calls for tenders & modification works

Customer: Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG
Year of construction: 2009–2017

Renovation of superstructure

Customer: DB Netz AG, Instandsetzung Südwest
Year of construction: 2007–2017
Overhauling of superstructure AVI Stuttgart
Lot A: small renovation and work over of tracks and points by means of machines
Lot C: welding works