Are the discarded steel rails discarded directly? Or waste recycling?

Friends who usually take trains or high-speed steel rails must be very familiar with steel rails. I believe that as long as anything is used, it will inevitably have a certain degree of loss, and rails are no exception. So what should be done after the steel rails is worn out?

In fact, for different steel rails consumables, there will be different treatment methods.

1. For those steel rails that are not particularly damaged, they will basically be transported to warehouses in various regions. If these steel rails can continue to be used, they will be installed in places with relatively low rail quality requirements. For example, the original train tracks are converted into ordinary train tracks.

2. For some steel rails that are seriously damaged, they are usually dragged directly to nearby places for burial. The reason why these steel rails are not reused is mainly because these steel rails are too expensive to be reprocessed. In addition to the high cost of handling, there is also the cost of labor and logistics costs of transportation. If these steel rails cannot be disposed of for the time being, they need to be stored and paid an expensive rent for the warehouse every month. This is actually not very cost-effective.

nstead of spending so much money to dispose of these low-use steel rails, it is better to bury these discarded items directly on the spot.