NOISE AND VIBRATION LEVELS SUIT BALLASTLESS TRACK FOR UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS

Trials on Paris RER with Stedef RS sleepers on concrete bed compared with conventional track carried out in co-operation with SNCF technical services and results obtained show favourable results with direct rail fastenings and the slightly higher noise level may be alleviated by distributing a blanket of gravel aggregate along the sleepers.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ballastless track; Noise; Railroad tracks; Rapid transit; Subways; Vibration
• Old TRIS Terms: Track structures
• Subject Areas: Environment; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046850
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail Engineering International
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1981 12:00AM