Noise Mitigation Solutions for Railway Tracks and Bridges

The passage of vehicles generates noise, transmitted through the railway tracks and bridges, which can cause sound disturbances.

SOCITEC offers dynamic vibration dampers to reduce low-frequency sound emissions, ensuring railway traffic safety and minimizing noise output.

Railway noise affecting nearby communities is not primarily airborne, it largely originates as structural vibration in the track and bridge, which then radiates as low-frequency sound.

This means conventional noise barriers have limited effect on the dominant frequencies involved; the most effective mitigation acts directly on the vibrating structure itself.

Dynamic vibration dampers tuned to the specific resonant frequencies of a given bridge or track section reduce this radiated noise at the source, addressing both community noise complaints and the safety implications of excessive structural vibration.