Ballastless tracks,which utilize concrete track beds to replace traditional ballast track beds,exhibit advantages such as good smoothness,structural stability,and low maintenance costs.They have been widely adopted in high-speed railways and heavy-haul railways.Cracks are a common defect in the concrete structures of ballastless tracks.To effectively treat the crack defects in ballastless track structures,it is necessary to analyze the causes of track joint cracks.This paper studied the causes of cracks in cast-in-situ concrete ballastless tracks on a railway.The objective is to uncover the formation mechanisms of cracks in the ballastless track bed plate and provide a scientific basis for subsequent maintenance and improvement.