Máv Is Installing Several Meters of White-Painted Rails to Combat the Heat

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They will be watching all summer to see if the method used by the Italians for years really works.

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They are taking up the gauntlet against brutal heat waves.

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The consequences of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable in domestic rail transport, which is why the MÁV group has begun to use heat-protective rail paint on an experimental basis.

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MÁV is experimentally trying to reduce the temperature of the rails with heat-protective white rail paint, the CEO of the MÁV Group announced in a video uploaded to his Facebook page on Sunday.

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For now, they are experimenting with the solution on a short section, which could mean a difference of 10 degrees Celsius.

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MÁV is trying a method borrowed from Italian and Spanish railway companies: they are protecting the track from overheating on a short section by painting the tracks. MÁV CEO Zsolt Hegyi said that the method is being tested on the Pécs main line, in the Bükkösd area, after the biggest heat waves were there in recent years, and speed restrictions of 60 km/h had to be introduced there. However, as a result of the painting, the temperature of the ra…