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What is STAIRRS |
Strategies and Tools to Assess and Implement noise
Reducing measures for Railway Systems
What is STAIRRS ?
- A 4 million € project
- Funded by the European Commission's Transport and Energy Directorate
- Co-financed by the International Union of Railways (UIC), government ministries and railway infrastructure companies
- A three-year project, started in January 2000
- Addressing two specific questions:
- By how much and at what cost can railway noise be reduced?
- How can railway noise creation be classified to take into account the separation of vehicle and track contributions ?
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