Major Railway Noise Levels (LAeq) Across the UK

Railway noise data from the uk_data platform, published by OpenDataNI under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. The dataset includes multiple acoustic metrics such as Lden, Lnight, Lday, Levening, and LAeq measurements for different time periods. It was last updated on 2026-03-18 11:23:32.198583.

Use Cases

• Modeling community noise exposure based on Lden (day-evening-night) levels.
• Assessing nighttime noise disturbance from railways based on Lnight metrics.
• Mapping spatial distribution of railway noise using provided geospatial file formats.
• Comparing daytime versus evening noise levels using Lday and Levening columns.

Strengths

• Includes multiple standardized acoustic metrics (Lden, Lnight, Lday, Levening, LAeq).
• Available in several geospatial formats (KML, SHP, GEOJSON) for mapping.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-18 11:23:32.198583; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely covers major railway networks in the UK, given the platform source.