Strategic noise map — 2016 — major and complementary railways — Lden — contours

Strategic rail traffic noise map with more than 30 000 train passages per year according to RL 2002/49/EC, together with additional railway impact. The reference year of these dates is 2016. The sound card shall indicate how much noise the environment is exposed to. The noise shall be expressed in the parameter Lden. The Lden level is a weighted annual average sound pressure level over the day where evening and night levels weigh relatively more heavily, which is consistent with the finding that noise is generally perceived as more nuisance in the evening and at night. European research therefore shows that a Lden is a relatively good predictor of the extent to which residents may be affected. These noise maps are updated every 5 years.