Fishplate comprising a protective strip

A lateral fishplate for isolating a railway rail (1), including a buried rail, the fishplate comprising:

• an upper face comprised of a first matrix (27) and a second matrix (27) located over the first matrix (27);
• a first wire mesh (28) glued against an upper face of the first matrix (27) and against a lower face of the second matrix (27);
• and
• a protective strip (26) attached to a upper face (25) of the second matrix (27),
• wherein the protective strip (26) comprises a second wire mesh (32) having a lower side located against an upper face (25) of the second matrix (27) and an upper side located against a sheet (31),
• wherein the second wire mesh (32) and the sheet (31) are welded together and against the upper face (25) of the second matrix (27) by a weld,
• wherein the material of the second matrix is selected from the group consisting of a polyethylene foam, a polyurethane foam, and a polypropylene foam,
• wherein the second wire mesh (32) is constituted of wires made of polypropylene, polyethylene, glass fibre, or polyamide, and
• wherein the sheet (31) comprises polyethylene (PE) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET).