Abstract
Traffic is the most widespread source of environmental noise. Railway noise has become increasingly common in urban areas in the past few decades. Therefore environmental requirements for railway operations regarding noise are becoming very strict and will become even tighter in future. In the present paper we present actual track- based field test performed on Slovenian Railways. The significant noise reduction (up to 30dBA) was achieved by the application of CHFC material on the rail using CL-E1 top anti noise system.
Highlights
Exposure to noise constitutes a health risk
Exposure to noise can cause hearing loss, has an impact on high blood pressure and the effect on ischemic heart disease, disrupting sleep and reduce school performance. This implies that noise exposure can be a major public health problem in the twenty-first century [16]
In this paper we present actual track-based field test performed on Slovenian Railways
Summary
Exposure to noise constitutes a health risk. There is sufficient scientific evidence for this claim. Exposure to noise can cause hearing loss, has an impact on high blood pressure and the effect on ischemic heart disease, disrupting sleep and reduce school performance. This implies that noise exposure can be a major public health problem in the twenty-first century [16]. The results showed that relatively simple and cost-effective solutions could be as effective as much more expensive solutions, like for instance in the papers Dragan et al [6] and Kramberger et al [13] where the significant CO2 reductions were achieved with no sophisticated technology used, but simple with optimization.
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