Noise Working Group
12/03/2025
The purpose of the Noise Working Group (NWG) is to lead a coherent and clear narrative on noise and vibration within the rail industry. The group will collate ideas from across the industry and influence policy, legislation, and standards.
"As rail evolves, managing noise and vibration becomes increasingly challenging. The Noise Working Group is dedicated to addressing these issues and protecting the health and wellbeing of staff, passengers, and communities. By working together, we can drive real change and create a rail network that is both sustainable and mindful of the communities it serves."
Scope
The NWG seeks to:
- Lead on a coherent and clear narrative on noise in rail.
- Guide on the noise elements of the Sustainable Rail Blueprint and define an ongoing programme to deliver that ambition.
- Review the development and influence policy, legislation and standards relating to noise and/or vibration and advise the industry on appropriate responses.
- Advance and promote noise measurement.
- Collate and communicate noise information and act as the subject matter experts on noise for the rail industry.
- Identify rail’s research and development needs around noise and act as steering group for such projects.
- Enable a strategic approach to capacity building (competency, knowledge, and awareness) in noise across the industry.
- Facilitate cross-industry networks and activities that encourage collaboration, solve challenges and ensure noise is included in rail projects and operations.
- Respond to consultations and provide expert advice to the railway industry, including the Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road as appropriate, on all aspects of national policy, legislation and standards relating to noise (and vibration).
- Advise and assist in the implementation of mandatory requirements from national, and where relevant, EU legislation relating to noise and/or vibration.
Membership
The NWG has members representing these industry stakeholders:
- RSSB
- Train operator representative
- Network Rail representative
- Freight operator representatives
- Government and standards bodies
- Technical specialists
Chair: Laura McNeill
RSSB Main Representative:Ben Warren
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Group members
Name Company Representing Status Alex Norton Alstom Transport UK Rolling Stock Owners Member Andrew Monk-Steel
Mott Macdonald Group Limited
Suppliers Member Ben Sanderson
Department for Transport (DfT) Dft Member Ben Warren
RSSB RSSB Member Benjamin Fenech Public Health England Government Member Bradley France
Member of Public Passenger Train Operators
Member Caitlin Bent LNER Passenger Train Operators Member Charlotte Bryett First Rail Holdings Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Charlotte Collinson
Freightliner Limited
Freight Operators Member Chris Clare First Rail Holdings Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Claudia Mak Govia Thameslink Railway Passenger Train Operators Member Daniel Fox First TransPennine Express Ltd Passenger Train Operators Member Daniel Lurcock
University of Southampton
Academia
Member David Gray
Northern Trains Limited
Passenger Train Operators Member Dominic Trueman RSSB RSSB Member Emma Alexander First Rail Holdings Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Graham Mollison SE Trains Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Hugh Thomas Transpennine Trains Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Humaira Ahmad RSSB RSSB Member Ian Holmes Highways England Independent Member Ian Stanworth East West Railway Company Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Ian Steinmetz
Freightliner Limited
Freight Operators Member James Block AECOM Ltd Infrastructure Contractors Member James Pritchard Department for Transport (DfT) Government Member James Wright
Angel Trains Ltd RSSB Member Jamie Wilkes Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Jessica Van Staden First MTR South Western Trains Ltd Passenger Train Operators Member John Thomas
RSSB Alternate Member Laura McNeill
High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Infrastructure Manager
Chair Lisa Lavia Noise Abatement Society Academia Member Livia Morarasu
RSSB RSSB Member Lottie Leigh-Browne First MTR South Western Trains Ltd Passenger Train Operators Member Mark Manser
Trenitalia C2C Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Martin Toward University of Southampton Acedemia Member Melanie Hockenhull First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd Passenger Train Operators Member Nathalie Shapiro Department for Transport (DfT) Government Member Neil Ovenden Rail Partners Limited Industry Association Member Nick Crocker First Rail Holdings Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Nir Barak Transport UK East Anglia Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Oliver Bewes High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Olivia Mouter
London North Eastern Railway Ltd Passenger Train Operators Member Paul Conway Colas Rail Freight Company Member Peter Mumford Ove Arup & Partners International Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Rebecca Powell Transport for London (TfL) Government Member Richard Greer Ove Arup & Partners International Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Richard Mitchell
DEFRA Government Member Richard Norman Heathrow Airport Infrastructure Contractors Member Sarah McArdle Network Rail - Southern Region Infrastructure Managers Member Steven Davis The Chiltern Railway Company Ltd Passenger Train Operators Member Tom Marshall Ove Arup & Partners International Limited Independent Member Victoria Raggio SE Trains Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Will Wrench SE Trains Limited Passenger Train Operators Member
