The urban rail transit in China has developed rapidly, with an operating mileage exceeding 10,000 km. Therefore, with the ensuing noise pollution which will be increasingly serious, the prevention and control of noise pollution is bound to become more important. On the basis of the development of urban rail transit industry of China in recent years, in this paper, types of noise sources and characteristics of urban rail transit are introduced. The present situation of noise pollution management methods and research progress of noise control technology in urban rail transit at home and abroad were investigated. The research results and applications of the control technologies for important noise sources, such as wheel-rail noise and bridge structure noise, were reviewed. Then, the noise-related problems of the urban rail transit at the current stage were highlighted and some suggestions were made, such as pushing forward the formulation of noise emission standards and further strengthening the research and application of noise control technologies in urban rail transit, so as to provide references for the further prevention and control of urban rail transit noise pollution in China.

urban rail transit  /  noise pollution prevention  /  wheel-rail noise  /  structural noise  /  noise barrier