Topic: Silent trains

Image: Deutsche Bahn AG / Oliver Lang DB beschleunigt Lärmschutz im Güterverkehr

DB Cargo: after wagons, now locomotive fleet with quieter brakes

After all of its wagons, DB Cargo is now equipping all of its locomotives with silent brakes. By 2025, all 850 electric mainline locomotives will be running with quieter disc brakes. The German rail freight...Read more

04-05-2021|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

DB Cargo well underway towards silent wagon fleet

Around 80 percent of DB Cargo’s freight cars are now equipped with silent brakes. The German operator aims to reduce railway noise pollution by half by 2020. Today, DB Cargo has 50,500 silent railcars in in...Read more

06-02-2019|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Hinne Groot at the Track Access Charges Summit

‘Discounts for noise reduction in trains should be mandatory in EU’

The Dutch government pleads for a mandatory bonus scheme on EU level incentivising the retrofitting of wagons. Retrofitting is the most cost-effective way to reduce noise pollution, but this should not be limited to a...Read more

17-04-2018|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen