Rail Traffic Noise Map of the Netherlands for 2011

The Netherlands is mapped for railway noise exposure around main railways. The map shows noise levels from main railways where more than 30,000 trains were running in 2011. It was adopted by the State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment on 29 June 2012 and is reviewed every five years.

Use Cases

• Modeling population exposure to transportation noise based on the noise map.
• Assessing compliance with environmental noise regulations based on the reported 2011 levels.
• Planning noise mitigation measures around main railways based on the spatial noise distribution.
• Analyzing temporal trends in rail noise by comparing with future or past noise maps, as the map is reviewed every five years.

Strengths

• Covers main railways in the Netherlands with a traffic threshold of over 30,000 trains.
• Has a defined review cycle, being updated every five years.
• Released under a permissive CC0-1.0 license for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely derived from rail traffic and noise modeling, as it is a sound map.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Data is from 2011, with a five-year review cycle stated.

Geography

Netherlands