Major Railway Noise Levels (LAeq 16h) Across the UK

OpenDataNI provides this dataset on railway noise, which includes metrics such as Lden, Lnight, Lday, Levening, LAeq,16hr, and LAeq,6hr. The data was last updated on 2026-03-18 and is available in multiple formats including JSON, KML, CSV, SHP, and GEOJSON. It is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term noise exposure (Lden) for health impact studies based on the described noise metrics.
• Assessing nighttime noise levels (Lnight) for sleep disturbance research based on the described noise metrics.
• Creating noise pollution maps for urban planning based on the geospatial file formats available.
• Analyzing daytime versus evening noise patterns (Lday, Levening) for traffic management studies.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, SHP, GEOJSON) for mapping applications.
• Includes several standardized acoustic metrics (Lden, Lnight, LAeq,16hr) for detailed analysis.
• Has a specific last update timestamp of 2026-03-18 11:23:17.652239.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 11:23:17.652239; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers the United Kingdom, inferred from the 'uk_data' platform.