Over the next six weeks, anyone who feels disturbed by rail noise can take part in noise action planning on federal railroads and comment on their noise problems until Monday, April 24. The Federal Railway Authority has activated the participation platform www.laermaktionsplanung-schiene.de (opens in a new tab) for this purpose.

The Federal Railway Authority's noise action plan provides for two participation phases. In the first participation phase, both citizens and local authorities are given the opportunity to present their noise situation on federal railroads in detail. Following the evaluation of the first participation phase, the Federal Railway Authority will publish its draft noise action plan at the end of 2023. This will be followed by the second participation phase. In this phase of public participation, citizens can evaluate the draft and provide feedback on the process.