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Control of Railway Induced Groundborne Noise and Vibration from the UK’s Crossrail Project

Without mitigation groundborne noise and vibration generated by operational trains has the potential to disturb occupants of existing buildings above the tunnels. As a result, operational groundborne noise and vibration have been an important consideration throughout the planning, design and constru [...]

Minimising Noise and Vibration on Crossrail with Innovative Heavyweight Concrete

Crossrail is delivering the Elizabeth line which is due to open in central London from 2018. The new railway includes 42km of tunnels underneath the city. In sensitive sections of the tunnel network, noise and vibration impacts from the operating railway had to be minimised. The solution was a hi [...]

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