Railway ground vibration and mitigation measures: benchmarking of best practices

Abstract Vibration and noise aspects play a relevant role in the lifetime comfort of urban areas their residents. Among different sources, one coming from rail transit system will central concern following years due to its sustainability. Ground-borne vibration assessment as well techniques mitigate them become key elements environmental impact global enlargement planned for railway industry. This paper aims describe compare mitigation systems existing reported literature through comprehensive state art analysis providing performance each measure. First, an introduction ground-borne generated wheel-rail contact propagation transmission path is presented. Then, ways evaluating assessing these effects are presented, insertion loss indicator introduced. Next, measures at levels (vehicle, track, receiver) discussed by describing possible application efficiency terms loss. Finally, summary with inputs how it address future reported.