Vandoorne, RickGrabe, Petrus Johannes2015-09-042015-09-042015-05Vandoorne, R & Grabe, H 2015, 'Consideration of the elastic strain recovery rates of the formation layers of a railway track', Civil Engineering, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 17-19.1021-2000http://hdl.handle.net/2263/49713Maintenance makes up a significant portion of the total life cycle costs of a railway track. The condition of the formation layers of a railway track dictates these maintenance costs to a large extent. The purpose of this study (a final-year BEng research project) was to aid the progression towards more cost-effective railway infrastructure by understanding the strain recovery process of the formation layers.enSouth African Institution of Civil EngineeringMaintenanceRailway trackFormation layersCostsRailway engineeringEngineering, built environment and information technology articles SDG-09SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureArticle