Ballast arrangement for a rail vehicle, and method for producing a ballast device

A method for producing a ballast device for a rail vehicle to be arranged in a ballast arrangement, the method comprising:

• preparing a formwork;
• introducing a metal reinforcement into a cavity of the formwork;
• introducing at least one securing device into the formwork and attaching the at least one securing device to the metal reinforcement, the at least one securing device being configured to be integrated into the ballast device and for attaching further ballast arrangements,
• providing a filling material consisting of a mixture of concrete components, including a normal concrete component and a heavy concrete component, and selectively mixing a ratio of normal and heavy concrete components to influence a density of the weight body and to control a mass of the ballast device so that a finished ballast device fulfills different ballasting and balancing tasks in dependence of the ratio while retaining constant installation conditions and constant space requirements independent of the ratio;
• filling the filling material into the cavity of the formwork;
• and
• allowing the filling material to set so as to form a ballast device in the formwork, and subsequently removing the formwork from the ballast device.