Painting the track white ?

[Lost property]

BBC reports showed track being painted white, and the rationale is obvious as to why, along with the shots showing apparently specifically in the vicinity of points.

I'm curious please as to if this is a new practice, or, has been around for some time and is now being given prominence as a result of the heatwave and potential damage to track and infrastructure .

 

[a_c_skinner]

Been done a long time in vulnerable spots.

 

[365 Networker]

I remember the points at kings cross station were often painted white, although it’s been over a year since I was there so I’m not sure if they still are (after the layout changes).

 

[yorkie]

BBC reports showed track being painted white, and the rationale is obvious as to why, along with the shots showing apparently specifically in the vicinity of points.

I'm curious please as to if this is a new practice, or, has been around for some time and is now being given prominence as a result of the heatwave and potential damage to track and infrastructure .

You may find the following thread of interest:

Point rails panited white.

I have a massive interest in railways and always have. I am also an engineer, both mechanical, electrical and electronic. I would like to know, on my daily journey to work (Colchester Town to Chelmsford), just why the rails on some sets of points (those around Witham specifically) have had...

www.railforums.co.uk

 

[swt_passenger]

Been done a long time in vulnerable spots.

Yes, in the 2016 thread linked by @yorkie a reputable poster reckoned it had been done for 15 years by then.

 

[Bald Rick]

a reputable poster

I’d much rather be disreputable.

 

[Lost property]

Thanks for the informative replies. So in essence, nothing new, just a convenient news filler piece regarding the current heatwave.

 

[Diplodicus]

I was painting the ends of conductor rails, check rails, rtc on LUL in 1965!

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

On a recent trip to Italy, it was evident that a large proportion of RFI track was painted white.
Around, for instance, Verona and Bologna.