Subsoil vibration induced by metro train arriving at or leaving station is a special vibration with vast vibration sources. In this study

the train vibration source is simplified to the cylindrical vibration source to study vibration characteristics and different vibrations caused by metro train arriving at and leaving station. On the basis of wave theory

the wave field expression in soil space is obtained by wave function expansion method. Secondly

the reflection law is used to deduce the propagation direction of different types of reflection waves. Thirdly

according to Graf addition formula and the Bessel function transformation

the wave field expression is converted into a uniform coordinate system

and undetermined coefficients are solved by boundary conditions of large circular arc surface. Finally

according to vibration superposition in frequency domain

the wave field expression of the moving vibration source is established during the whole train arriving at or leaving the station. The validity of cylindrical vibration source calculation method is verified by comparing the theoretical calculation results of ground vibration frequency spectrum with its actual monitoring results. In addition

low-frequency vibration characteristics are more obvious when the train arriving at or leaving station. Parameteric analysis shows that both the maximum starting acceleration and initial braking speed increase with increasing the vertical vibration response.