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CONTROLLING NOISE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGER’S PERSPECTIVE

ARTICLE - ISSUE 21 - by Manfred Kalivoda, psiA-Consult

CONTROLLING NOISE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE Railway noise in general, and rail freight noise at night in particular, causes a major environmental headache. The position paper on the European strategies and priorities for railway noise abatement[1] states that ‘railway freight traffic is the main contributor to the noise problems of the European railways’ and that ‘there is a high potential for the reduction of railway noise in Europe.’

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ASSOCIATED CONTENT

ERTMS SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE – A STATISTICAL APPROACH
ETCS is the European Train Control System developed to promote interoperability in Europe and facilitate traffic between countries. Its long-term aim…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 23 - by SNCF Centre d’Ingénierie du Matériel
FLY CALIFORNIA WITHOUT EVER LEAVING THE GROUND
In January 2010 the state of California was awarded $2.25 billion ( HYPERLINK “http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%A8ce_de_1_euro…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by EURAILmag
HIGH-SPEED/ HIGH CAPACITY – THE NEW RAIL EXPERIENCE
Italy is drawing closer to its high-speed goal. On December 16, 2007, the countdown began for the opening of the Milan…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 17 - by Mauro Moretti, Ferrovie Dello Stato
CHANGEOVERS BETWEEN SECURITY EQUIPMENT AT BORDERS – A KEY TO INTEROPERABILITY
With different signalling systems in use on Europe’s networks, there is an urgent need to define changeover concepts between on-board…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 23 - by Matthieu Thibault, SNCF Centre d’Ingénierie du Matériel
THE ERTMS & ETCS STORY
Europe has spent over 20 years grappling with its European Rail Traffic management system (ERTMS). Like everything in rail, change is slow…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by EURAILmag
RFF CHANGES TRACK TO BOOST RENEWAL WORK
An audit carried out in 2005 by the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, delivered an in-depth report on the state…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 18 - by Daniel Levi, scientific expert & Dominique Valery, track expert, network renewal department, RFF
BALLAST & RAILS – HIGHWAY TO HIGH SPEED
The look, the appeal, the rush, the feel. Thirty years on, high-speed trains still retain an element of excitement. Here in…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 25 - by EURAILmag
MODELLING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF THE PANTOGRAPH-CATENARY*
Today current collection remains one of the major technology barriers to increasing train speeds. In addition, related incidents cause over one million…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 19 - by *extracts from the thesis by Jean-Pierre Massat, SNCF
LONDON CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS GEARS UP TO GO, INTERVIEW WITH ROB HOLDEN, LONDON CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS
High Speed 1, the fast line linking the U.K. to the continent, will open for commercial services on November 14, 2007. At…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 16 - by EURAILmag
REACHING OUT
Modernising existing tracks and developing infrastructure are equal priorities for Russian Railways (RZD). The company is investing in tackling weaknesses to bring…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 24 - by EURAILmag
TUCA ACADEMY – RIGHT PEOPLE, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME
With Crossrail and many other large-scale tunnelling projects in the pipeline, the demand for skilled workers in the U.K. and Europe…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 27 - by EURAILmag
TRACK TRAIN SYSTEM AVAILABILITY
Part of the French Predit programme for research and development, the Track Train System Availability (TTSA) project aims to optimise the availability…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by TTSA
NOISE MITIGATION MEASURES BY DEUTSCHE BAHN
In 1999, the German Federal ministry of transport, building, and urban development began setting aside an annual sum of around €51 million…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 26 - by EURAILmag
GAINING SPACE & OPTIMISING FLOW
Change is in the air at Gare de Lyon in Paris. With 90 million passengers currently transiting the station every year and…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 23 - by EURAILmag
PLANNING FOR RHINE-RHONE TGV RAISES WIDER ISSUES
Launched in 2006, the civil engineering works for the Rhine-Rhone high-speed line (HSL) between Dijon and Mulhouse are now completed…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 21 - by Frédéric Ballay
SWISSTOPO – SURVEYING RAIL FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE
The Federal Office of Topography[1] – Swisstopo – is the competence centre of the Swiss Confederation responsible for geographical reference data and all…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 19 - by André Streilein, Swisstopo
GREENING TRANSPORT & LESS NOISE – INTERVIEW WITH HEIKO KUNST, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
For rail transport, and in particular freight, the main negative impact is noise. But it is a big major, particularly for corridors…

INTERVIEW - ISSUE 18 - by EURAILmag
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FOLLO LINE
Elsewhere in Europe, another large-scale project is just gearing up to get underway. Norway’s national rail administration Jernbaneverket is preparing…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 27 - by EURAILmag
HIGH SPEED TOO?
Plans to build the most expensive high-speed line in Europe are moving up a gear. In the U.K. a public consultation…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 22 - by EURAILmag
NEW OPENINGS FOR BLS CARGO
On June 15, 2007, BLS Cargo launched the first commercial freight train through the Lötschberg base tunnel. Under construction for just eight…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 17 - by Stefanie Pfander, BLS Cargo
RUSSIA RAMPS UP & SOCHI IN TRAINING
If it wants to drive economic growth, Russia cannot afford to ignore its rail infrastructure. The country needs to boost capacity for…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 23 - by Olympic Games Transport Directorate
GAUGE CHANGEOVER FACILITIES FOR ALL
The coexistence of different track gauges and electric voltages creates a considerable barrier to optimising rail infrastructure and achieving modal shift. To…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 24 - by Dr Ignacio Jorge Iglesias Díaz, director, research & development, Adif technical coordinator, UNICHANGER
SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE OF TRANSPORT TO SLASH NOISE BY 2015
Switzerland is a country of railways. It has an extremely dense and widely-used rail network. In several referenda, the population has…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 19 - by Christoph Dürig, Swiss Federal Office of Transport
CONCRETE SLEEPERS FOR BALLASTED AND NON-BALLASTED POINTS
Nowadays most new switches and turnouts are equipped with concrete sleepers. For ballasted track, most of these switches are applied in renewal…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 19 - by Andre Nolles BAM Rail
TSI FOR TUNNEL SAFETY IN ACTION ON BOLOGNA-FLORENCE HSL
The Technical Specification for Interoperability (TSI) directive 2008/163/EC[1] ‘safety in rail- way tunnels’ defines a set of measures for various…

ARTICLE - ISSUE 21 - by Guido Guidi Buffarini & Antonio Colla, Italferr