The application of the quieter routes shall start on 8th December 2024 in the first group of implementing Member States.
Quieter routes are those, in which there is a high level of freight trains operated during night. More precisely, quieter routes are ‘part of the railway infrastructure with a minimum length of 20 km on which the average number of daily operated freight trains during the nigh-time as defined in national legislation transposing Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council was higher than 12.’
Only wagons compliant with the Noise TSI are allowed to operate on quieter routes from 8th December 2024.
Rail Freight Corridors Rhine-Danube and Orient / East-Med would like to give their customers an overview of the designated quieter routes here: https://rfc-rhine-danube.eu/quiter-routes/