Question

The track and ballast form the ______________

(a) Temporary way

(b) True way

(c) Rigid way

(d) Permanent way

I had been asked this question in class test.

I'd like to ask this question from Railway Line topic in chapter Road Estimating, Sanitary and Water Supply Work of Civil Engineering Drawing

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) Permanent way

To explain: The permanent way is the elements of railway lines: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on the sleepers (“ties” in American parlance) embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway. It is described as permanent way because in the earlier days of railway construction, contractors often laid a temporary track to transport spoil and materials about the site; when this work was substantially completed, the temporary track was taken up and the permanent way installed.