Structural Modifications, Elements and Equipment for Railway Noise Reduction

Traffic is one of the most important factors in environmental pollution also from the point of view of the noise emissions. Railway transport, which is economically and environmentally strongly accepted, stays before a requirement to guarantee noise emission limit values also for its tracks, which will not exceed the permissible noise levels. From this reason it is important to monitor and analyse noise emission levels in dependence on various structural types of railway tracks, not only by their structural modifications and auxiliary equipment but also by construction and shape of the rolling stock and train sets.