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Planning and Controlling Railway Noise in a Metropolis: Our Practical Experience

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Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems

Part of the book series: Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design ((NNFM,volume 118))

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Hong Kong is a metropolis and railway is the key transportation mode in Hong Kong with about 4 million trips made in an average weekday. Currently the railway network in Hong Kong includes 211km of rail and 85 railway stations. In the coming decade, 56km of rail will be added to the railway network. Planning and controlling railway noise in Hong Kong is a great challenge to both the railway operator and the planning / enforcement authorities.

The paper will give an account from planning perspective how the railway noise problems in Hong Kong are prevented and also from the enforcement perspective how the noise problem from existing railway lines are tackled. Details regarding noise standards, abatement programme and the noise mitigation measures adopted for recently planned/completed railway systems will also be discussed.

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  1. Technical Memorandum on Environmental Impact Assessment Process, Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong

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  1. Assessment and Noise Group, Environmental Protection Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China

    Benson Lee, W. Chau, John Lam & Maurice Yeung

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Research & Development Promotion Division, Railway Technical Research Institute, 2-8-38 Hikari-cho Kokubunji-shi, 185-8540, Tokyo, Japan

    Tatsuo Maeda

  2. INEXIA, 1 place aux Etoiles, 93212, Saint Denis La Plaine cedex, France

    Pierre-Etienne Gautier

  3. Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc., 77 South Bedford Street, 01803, Burlington, MA, USA

    Carl E. Hanson

  4. Brian Hemsworth Noise Consultant LLP, 16 Whistlestop Close Mickleover, DE3 9DA, Derby, UK

    Brian Hemsworth

  5. Wilson, Ihrig & Associates, 6001 Shellmound Suite 400, 94608, Emeryville, California, USA

    James Tuman Nelson

  6. Integrated Systems and Infrastructure Technology, Deutsche Bahn AG, DB Systemtechnik, Volckerstr. 5, 80939, Munchen, Germany

    Burkhard Schulte-Werning

  7. Railway Noise and Vibration Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ, Southampton, UK

    David Thompson

  8. Environmental Quality Department, DHV BV, Postbus 1132, NL 3800, Amersfoort, BC, The Netherlands

    Paul de Vos

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Lee, B., Chau, W., Lam, J., Yeung, M. (2012). Planning and Controlling Railway Noise in a Metropolis: Our Practical Experience. In: Maeda, T., et al. Noise and Vibration Mitigation for Rail Transportation Systems. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 118. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53927-8_3

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