Not long ago, Ian Links prepared a submission to the Sleep enquiry held by the Federal Government.  We undertook a study of how people in the area sleep using the "SleepScore" app on the iPhone. The app tracks sleep patterns and calculates a "Sleep Score" based on a rating process developed by ResMed.  We found that around Waverton and Wollstonecraft, people were not sleeping well.

You can read our full submission here: WWRNAG Sleep Enquiry Submission

Or if you like you can read on here for the key ideas:

Rail noise measurement is an art in itself - one that we have been developing for nearly three years now. This post provides some information on what we have found.  It is not pretty.  It might help you understand this if you don't know about decibles and Equivalent Noise level to look at our common questions by clicking here or by clicking on the tab at the top of the page.  If it is not covered submit a question and we will try to answer it.

• Here is a graph which summarises some of those measurements. The gaps are when we did not collect continuous data

Licence Historical Background

This is a long(ish) post which tries to summarise the development of the Licence for the Operations of Sydney Trains since it was established in 1997.  It is a continuing licence which was issued to RailCorp and inherited by Sydney Trains as the operator of the Sydney system.