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Target state for tracks
- The current new tracks must allow for rolling stock to travel at up to 220mph
- Rolling stock will tilt at high speed through bends
- The maximum rolling stack length is 12 x 23.9m
- The maximum tonnage the tracks can carry at low and high speed must be newly defined by the rail standards authority
- The tracks, clips and bolts are of a specific tensile strength to cope with the higher speed rolling stock
- The switching circuitry operates at the specific capacity
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