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Noise and Vibration Report - Transnet

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ENVIRO-ACOUSTIC RESEARCHSCOPING NOISE REPORT – TRANSNET: SWAZI RAIL LINK – DAVEL YARD TO NERSTON RSA ROUTE4.2 POTENTIAL NOISE SOURCES: OPERATIONAL PHASEDisturbance from trains can be divided into two impacts, namely:• Airborne noise from the operation of a surface rail line that is heard at, <strong>and</strong>within, noise-sensitive developments;• Ground-borne noise <strong>and</strong> vibration generated inside a building by ground-bornevibration generated from the pass-by of a vehicle on rail.This report as well as the ENIA however will only investigate the airborne noisedisturbance for the following reasons:• <strong>Noise</strong> radiated from train operations <strong>and</strong> track structures generally constitute themajor noise sources from railway lines;• Ground-borne noise mainly applies at receiver locations above rail operations intunnels where ground-borne noise levels from rail transport are likely to begreater than airborne noise levels. Air-borne noise generally is far more annoyingto a receptor than ground-borne vibrations;• Only limited research into the impacts of ground-borne noise is available, <strong>and</strong>information <strong>and</strong> modelling on practices applied overseas is scarce;• There is currently no accepted model available to allow the extend of vibration<strong>and</strong> ground-born noise from railway vehicles;• Maintenance condition of the running stock wheels <strong>and</strong> railway track (includingthe condition of the ballast) is a major factor in the generation of vibration <strong>and</strong>ground-borne noise; <strong>and</strong>• There are many factors involved in the estimation of vibration <strong>and</strong> ground-bornenoise, including the surrounding geological strata, condition of the track,alignment, speed, weight, etc.<strong>Noise</strong>s associated with the operation can also be divided into three main sources,namely:• Train movement (acceleration, deceleration, constant speed movement)• Shunting <strong>and</strong> switching of trains on the rail loops; <strong>and</strong>• Maintenance of railway lines <strong>and</strong> refuelling of stations at rail loops.These noise sources should be treated differently, as the noise characteristics <strong>and</strong>propagation process associated with each of these sources are different.P a g e | 24

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