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chez_jay in reply to @Ben689908

I guess you are saying the rails are more isolated from the tunnel that they used to be?

How on earth do train drivers deal with the noise - do they wear ear defenders? It must cause permanent hearing loss and/or psychological impact.

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Ben689908 in reply to @chez_jay

Yep! And the ever growing need for reliability means the use of modern track forms which are naturally less resilient [than timber sleepers which “absorb a lot of energy”.

Keeping trains running (track availability perspective), keeping vibrations out of basement developments… comes at a cost.

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