The invention relates to a rail fastening system (1) for the force-closed resilient fastening of a rail (2) on a sleeper (3) of a rail track system, comprising at least one angled guide plate (5) that can be fixed to the sleeper (3) by at least one fastening element (4) having at least one shaft (12), and at least one tension clamp (6), the angled guide plate (5) being designed to hold the tension clamp (6) in a pre-installation position (I) and a final installed position (II), wherein a sealing element (17) is arranged on or in the angled guide plate (5) and/or in a component (17) to be joined to the angled guide plate (5) and, both in the pre-installation position (I) and in the final installed position (II), bears in a sealing manner with at least one sealing surface (8) on the shaft (12) of the fastening element (4) and with at least one second sealing surface (9) on the angled guide plate (5) and/or on the component (13) to be joined to the angled guide plate (5).