The invention belongs to the field of rail manufacturing, and specifically discloses a manufacturing method for improving the low temperature fracture resistance and
contact fatigue damage resistance of rails and the rails obtained thereby. The method comprises the following steps: converter
smelting, LF refining, RH vacuum treatment, billet
continuous casting, billet cleaning and cooling, billet heating, rail rolling, online heat treatment and post-treatment, wherein: during the converter
smelting process, bottom blowing of
nitrogen is performed; after the RH vacuum treatment, iron-
calcium wire feeding treatment is performed. Calculated by
mass percentage, the
chemical composition of the steel billet includes: C: 0.50-0.65%, Si: 0.45-0.95%, Mn: 0.35-0.85%, Cr: 030-0.80%, Cu: 0.20-0.55%, Ni: 0.10-0.30%, N: 0.007-0.030%, and the
chemical composition of the steel billet also includes at least one of V, Nb, and Ti, wherein V: 0.02-0.15%, Ti: 0.001-0.030%, Nb: 0.01-0.08%, and the rest is Fe and unavoidable impurities. The steel rail obtained by the method provided by the present invention has excellent comprehensive properties such as resistance to low-temperature fracture, resistance to
contact fatigue,
corrosion resistance and
weldability.