INNOVATIVE BARRIERS COMBAT URBAN RAIL NOISE

The article describes the development and application of innovative low level noise barrier technology on London's Docklands Light Railway. The research program first identified the vehicle rolling noise as the dominant noise source on straight line ballast track and at moderate speeds, and that the major contribution was from the wheels; more minor contributors included compressor noise and contact noise between the traction current pick-up shoes and the third rail at low speeds. These findings effectively placed the source of train noise near rail height.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Baltic Publishing Ltd

  Regal House, 70 London Road
  Twickenham TW1 3QS,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Fitzgerald, B M
  • Harrison, M F
• Publication Date: 1997-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 16-17
• Serial:
  • PASSENGER RAIL MANAGEMENT
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Baltic Publishing Ltd
  • ISSN: 0969-1464

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Light rail transit; Noise barriers; Noise control; Urban transit
• Old TRIS Terms: Noise attenuation
• Subject Areas: Environment; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00737726
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1997 12:00AM