Patent ID: 8393552

Claim:
A prefabricated module for manufacturing a railway, comprising: (i) a railway bed element with two standing lateral faces situated opposite one another, a base and a rail side situated opposite one another, said rail side being provided for receiving two parallel rails to be mounted therein such that the rails are continuously supported by the railway bed element, (ii) a supporting element with a bottom, an upper surface and two opposite standing walls defining a shaft, extending along a full length of the supporting element, in which the railway bed element is situated, said standing walls each extending from said bottom up to free edges situated at said upper surface, wherein said base of the railway bed element is provided opposite said bottom of the supporting element, and wherein a first distance between said standing walls of the supporting element is larger near said bottom than between said free edges of said standing walls, (iii) a vibration-insulating jacket made of an elastic material, said jacket being provided between the railway bed element and the supporting element, such that the railway bed element does not make any direct contact with the supporting element, said the railway bed element being embedded in the supporting element such that said railway bed element is mechanically enclosed in supporting element.