Rail

FONOCON Rail – Noise control for railway routes

The steady advance of high-speed railway routes urgently calls for a stable and secure noise protection system. FONOCON Rail systems are tried-and-tested noise barriers that withstand standard wind loads and loads from eddying forces (pressure and suction).

Noise control at railway stations

Train stations and train stops are the ideal backdrop to show off the many design options to be obtained from aluminium. The range comprises aluminium panels, transparent panels, claddings and service doors. Designers’ imagination can range freely.

Benefits:

High stability
Individual design
Can be combined with transparent panels
Large range of accessories
Simple and quick to install
Greater security through quick access
Approved for high-speed lines
Integrated earthing system

Highly absorbing wall cladding

The highly absorbing wall cladding is used to suppress noise in tunnels. Their design makes them suitable for high-speed routes. Inspection is made simple thanks to rear-ventilation vents and freely accessible attachment elements.

Noise Breaker – low and "close-to-track" barrier system

Noise abatement along railway tracks tends to be a sensitive issue for operators and neighbours alike. Noise Breaker is an innovative system that offers new ways and means to achieve effective noise control. Suited in particular for situations where lack of space or difficult access makes it problematic and very expensive to provide conventional noise protection, Noise Breaker opens up new opportunities to install a near-track, low-height noise barrier.

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FONOCON^® sound resonator – acoustically effective cap

Sound-absorbent edges have been the subject of experiments for many decades. Forster has now pioneered a clear solution based on the law of physics and using an efficient combination of computer simulations and standardised experiments – the FONOCON– sound resonator. An acoustically effective cap optimised specifically for the noise spectrum of railways, the FONOCON can be used on existing as well as newly built noise barriers. Read more under: FONOCON sound resonator.

Referenzen Forster-Gruppe

Västkustbanan (West Coast Line Sweden)

Country: Sweden
General Contractor: SKANSKA
Location: Västkustbanan, Ängelholm-Kattarp-Ödåkra-Maria
Product: FONOCON Rail System, one-sided highly absorbing aluminium noise barrier panels, transparent glass panels, exit and service doors, accessories

HSL Zuid

Country: the Netherlands
Client: BAM Infra Nederland
Product: project specific developed highly absorbent noise screening made of aluminium, transparent elements
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Hamburg Stellingen

Country: Germany
Client: Eiffage Infra-Lärmschutz GmbH
Product: Aluminium noise control elements, one and two-sided with photo print (Typ S160-ES and S160-BS)

Atzenbrugg

Country: Austria
Product: aluminium noise barrier

Hannov. Münden

Country: Germany
Product: aluminium noise barrier

Hildesheim

Country: Germany
Product: Aluminium noise barrier

Järnvägstunnel, Uppsala

Country: Sweden
Client: SVEVIA
Product: aluminium wall cladding panels highly absorbing, earthing system for cladding panels

Knoten Wagram

Country: Austria
Product: Highly absorbing wall cladding

Koralmbahn Kühnsdorf

Country: Austria
Client: ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, Klagenfurt
Product: aluminium noise barrier digitally imprinted

Landeck

Country: Austria
Product: aluminium noise barrier with corrugated front panels

Lillestrøm

Country: Norway
Client: ATA Bygg & Markprodukter AB
Product: single sided highly absorbing noise barriers

Technical details

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Some of the standards and guidelines that Forster products comply with:

DB Netz AG Guideline 804: Railway bridges (and other civil engineering structures)
ZT-LSW 06: Additional technical contractual requirements for noise barriers
RVE 04.01.01 Noise barriers – calculation and design
Eurocode 1: Actions on structures
Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures
Eurocode 9: Design of aluminium structures

Detailed information:

Noise barriers for railway tracks

Accessories

Brochure

FONOCON Noise Control (pdf, 4 MB)

Maintenance and Cleaning

General instructions for maintenance and cleaning (pdf, 180 KB)

Please choose a country:

A1 Highways Pty Ltd

3-9 Octal St
Yatala (Queensland) EX 4207

Contact: Mick Lunn
+61 7 3804 7912
mick.l@a1highways.com.au
www.a1highways.com.au

KCI Kraft Consulting

1773 146 Street
Surrey BC EX V4A 5V4

Contact: Rainer Kraft
+1 604 655 3577
rainer@kraftconsulting.ca
www.krafconsulting.ca

Obrt Oprema

Na Trati 11
1210 Ljubljana - Šentvid

Contact: Tomaz Zver
+386 1 5123 873
tomaz.zver@obrt-oprema.si

Wolfgang Schuller

Sales Manager Noise Control
+43 7442 501-468
w.schuller@forster.at

If we have no company established in your chosen country please contact:

Johann Graf

Sales Noise Control
+43 7442 501-405
j.graf@forster.at

Leopold Dietl

Head of Sales Noise Control
Product Manager
+43 7442 501-223
l.dietl@forster.at