“…In this regard, a number of conventional treatment methods, e.g., micro-piles (Dong et al, 2018), jet-grouting columns (Alonso & Ramon, 2013), cement soil row piles (Xue, 2014), geogrids (Esmaeili, Naderi, Neyestanaki, & Khodaverdian, 2018), geocell (Leshchinsky & Ling, 2013), geotexiles (Fuggini, Zangani, Wosniok, Krebber, & Weigand, 2016) and grouting (Sabermahani, Esmaeili, & Neyestanaki, 2017) are employed for enhancing the railway embankments. However, these methods generally lead to traffic block, long construction period, environment pollution or large disturbance on the original embankment, and hence may cause enormous economic losses.…”