Railway land

Background:

This profile covers facilities and activities, past and present, on railway land. The potential for the contamination of railway land is greatest at depots for the construction and maintenance of locomotives and carriages and for refuelling locomotives, which are the subject of the Industry Profile Engineering works: railway engineering works.

Potential Processes and Operations:

The profile considers the following infrastructure and operations:

  • running lines and lineside
  • electrical substations
  • infrastructure engineering depots
  • waste management
  • freight operations and freight depots
Potential Contaminants of Concern:
Contaminant type Main group of contaminants Location  
Running lines Stations Sidings and freights yards Freight depots Signal box lamprooms Infrastructure engineering workshops Engineering landfill sites
Organic Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)           •  
Halogenated hydrocarbons           •  
Non-halogenated hydrocarbons • • • • • • •
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs • • • •     •
Dioxins and furans              
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

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(electrified)

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Pesticides and herbicides •     •      
Organometallic compounds              
Explosives              
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)              
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) •     •   •  
Inorganic Metals •           •
Non-metals and common inorganic substances •     •     •
Asbestos
 
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Cyanides
 
            
Radionuclides              
Other potential contaminants of concern Ethylene glycol, ash. See original Industry Profile for additional potential contaminants.
 
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