A Scottish government spokesman said ministers were "committed" to a continuing and improving sleeper service in the next franchise from 2014.
The objective of improving sleeper design and performance is achieving longer service lives, lower life cycle costs, and fewer in-service failures.
He said: "We would support any initiative that improves vital transport links between Scotland and London, and would encourage the Scottish government to match the funds committed by George Osborne to improve the Caledonian Sleeper service.
Rereading Sir Walter Scott Or Through the Looking Glass, it's impossible not To feel how adult life, with its storms and follies, Is letting up, leaving me ten years old, Trustful, inventive, once more good as gold -- And counting on this to help, should a new spasm Wake the gray sleeper, or to improve his chances When ceilings flush with unheard ambulances.
The UK government is making available £50m to enable the replacement of the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper fleet to improve on-train facilities, on the condition Holyrood ministers agree to co-fund the replacement programme.
The Shadow app will incorporate an escalating alarm clock designed to wake sleepers gradually, to improve the ability to recall their dreams.
In spite of the most common use of the prestressed concrete sleepers in railway tracks, there have always been considerable demands from rail and track engineers to improve serviceability and functionality of concrete sleepers.
A next generation prestressed concrete sleeper was developed at the Korea Rail Research Institute (KRRI) in order to improve structural performances of the current prestressed concrete sleepers while addressing some environmental issues such as CO2 emissions and a lack of natural resources.
Improving the understanding of sleeper flexure can help reduce the occurrences of cracked sleepers by ensuring designs are adequate for the field conditions that are encountered.
This study investigates the efficiency of using steel fibres to improve load carrying capacity and fatigue performance of rail sleepers.
