Environmental Impacts of High-Speed Rail. Part 2: Vibrations

This article describes issues related to the environmental impact of vibrations generated by high-speed rail. It indicates the most important legal regulations concerning the impact of vibrations on buildings and people in the buildings as well as the main sources of vibrations generated by high-speed rail. The negative impact of vibrations on various elements of the environment (people, buildings, animals) in the stage of construction, operation and decommissioning of high-speed rail is determined. The most common ways of minimising that type of impact are outlined.