Abstract
Rail transportation is one of the largest transportations that is widely used in Malaysia. Therefore, many railways have been built in urban and rural areas to improve interstate connectivityin Malaysia. However, train noise generated from train movement can disturb the comfort of nearby residents that live near railways.This studywas conducted nearbythe residential area between the Kluang –Renggam rail line to investigate the noise leveland compare the existing noise level with the guideline from the Department of Environment (DOE) and World Health Organization (WHO) limits. Besides, the impact of this urban pollution to the residents nearby were evaluated by the noise index of noise pollution level (LNP). The results showed that the A-weighted noise levels (LAeq) at all locations exceeded WHO limit while the LAeqat 2 locations (20m and 30m from the rail track) were exceeded the noise limit that set by DOE. Besides, the noise levels captured at the location which 55m away from sound source were nearly approximated to 60 dBA. Theresidents nearby were affected by this urbannoise pollutionwhere the LNP values obtained from this study were approximately to the LNP limits. Thus, alternative strategiesshould be carried out in this area in order to make sure that the community in this area free from the noise disturbance. Further studysuch as developed noise mapping and the questionnaire of annoyance level for the residential area can be implemented to improve the findings on the effect of train noise in the future.
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