Major Railway Noise Levels (Lden) Across the UK

Noise level measurements for major railways, likely in the UK, provided by OpenDataNI. The data includes acoustic metrics such as Lden, Lnight, Lday, Levening, and LAeq values for different time periods. The dataset was last updated on 2026-03-18.

Use Cases

• Modeling community noise exposure based on Lden, Lday, and Lnight metrics.
• Assessing compliance with noise regulations for railway infrastructure.
• Creating noise pollution maps for urban planning based on geospatial data.
• Analyzing diurnal noise patterns using separate day, evening, and night measurements.

Strengths

• Includes multiple standardized acoustic metrics (Lden, Lnight, Lday, Levening, LAeq).
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats (KML, SHP, GEOJSON).
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, allowing for open use.

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 11:24:01.054538; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely the United Kingdom, based on the platform and source.