by an universal pass us1 through the universal rolling stand u1 and after reversal by a second universal pass us2 through the same stand by a dummy pass ls through the two high edging stand e1 which after reversal provides an edging pass st1 followed by a further universal pass us3 through the universal rolling stand u1 the rolling bar is then transported by a cross conveyor not shown into the second rolling line wlii for providing a further edging pass st2 through the two high edging stand e2 and subsequently a universal pass us4 as finishing pass fs through the universal rolling stand u2 in the same rolling line wlii the delivery of the finished rail may be obtained opposite to the feeding direction in the second rolling line wlii or via a cross conveyor in feeding direction of the third rolling line wliii fig1 illustrates a compact rolling mill with an arrangement of the rolling stands differing from fig1 only by positioning the universal rolling stand u1 of the universal tandem compact stand group u1 e1 u2 in the second rolling line wlii instead of positioning the universal rolling stand u2 in the main rolling line hwl the pass sequence is thus merely reversed in comparison to the arrangement of the rolling stands according to fig1 in the arrangement of the.