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Designed to minimise the effects of rail traffic noise

Rail transport is the most sustainable mode of transport, it consumes the least energy, occupies the least space and leaves the smallest carbon footprint compared to any other mode of land or sea transport.

Considering that the noise barriers currently applied are not ideal solutions for rail noise, the ‘Inbrail - Innovative noise barriers for railways’ project aims to develop an innovative noise barrier solution specifically designed to minimise the effects of rail traffic noise.

This new solution will be of low height, positioned very close to the railway, and specifically developed to overcome some of the difficulties encountered in traditional solutions, allowing for better integration into the urban and suburban context.

What we do

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The main objective for this project is for this type of solution to become highly competitive compared to existing solutions on the market, on a technological, economic, sustainability and visual impact level:

- It acts as an effective acoustic barrier;
- Reduces visual and environmental impact;
- Solutions with optimised geometry;
- Modular character and prefabricated concrete.

This activity aims to define the technical requirements and specifications to which the solution to be developed must be bound. This is a very wide-ranging activity, since it will have to define not only the technical specifications that the product (acoustic barrier) will have to fulfil, but also define the requirements and implications of its implementation in the context of the railway system.

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The Team

The consortium

The development of this project will be supported by a consortium established between three highly qualified entities: Mota-Engil Engenharia e Construção (with its vast accumulated experience in the prefabrication industry), the University of Coimbra (scientific knowledge and experience in the good performance of different mitigation solutions), and finally the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (global performance of railway systems).

The project is also supported by two railway management administrations (as partners), namely Metro do Porto and Infraestruturas de Portugal. The project involves a total investment of around 1 million euros.
Contact us
inbrail@mota-engil.pt
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