Noise Mapping Scotland - Round 4 - Railway (major railway sources) - LNIGHT

• Published by: Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
• Last updated: 29 August 2024
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Summary

Noise maps showing areas that are relatively louder or quieter, measured in decibels (dB), for major railway traffic noise in Scotland in 2021. Major railways are defined as those with more than 30,000 train passages per year. The data represents the night levels (Lnight) – the annual average A-weighted long-term sound over the night period (23:00-07:00).

Scottish Ministers commissioned strategic noise mapping analysis to meet the requirements of the Environmental Noise Directive (Directive 2002/49/EC), which is legally implemented in Scotland thorough the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Regulations 2006, as amended by the Environmental Noise (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018.

Noise maps are used to identify areas where noise levels are high and, by linking population data, estimate how many people are affected. This aids in the production of noise action plans to manage noise and reduce noise levels where appropriate.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
Scotland's Noise	N/A	29 August 2024	Not available
Noise_Road_LNGT_Major	N/A	29 August 2024	Not available
Noise_Rail_LNGT_Major	N/A	29 August 2024	Not available
Noise_Rail_LNGT_Major	ZIP	29 August 2024	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-07-25
• Access contraints: Available under the terms of the Open Government Licence. The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: © Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
• Harvest GUID: 4ca127be-ba2f-47f7-8000-cab4d8207345
• Extent: Latitude: 60.8608° to 54.6332°
• Extent: Longitude: -8.65° to -0.7244°
• Dataset reference date: 2024-08-05 (publication)
• Frequency of update: asNeeded
• Responsible party: Scottish Government (pointOfContact); Scottish Environment Protection Agency (distributor)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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