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quiet zone

federal exemption allowing a train to pass one or more railroad crossings in the United States without sounding its horn
Legislation federal_regulation Q112061842
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quiet zone

Summary

quiet zone is a federal regulation[1]. It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • quiet zone is in the country of United States[3].
  • quiet zone's instance of is recorded as federal regulation[4].
  • quiet zone is a type of exemption[5].
  • quiet zone is used for noise control[6].
  • quiet zone's Commons category is recorded as Railroad crossing quiet zones[7].
  • 2005 marks the founding of quiet zone[8].
  • quiet zone's authority is recorded as Federal Railroad Administration[9].
  • quiet zone's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as crossing:whistle=optional[10].
  • quiet zone's different from is recorded as radio quiet zone[11].

Why It Matters

quiet zone is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → federal regulation
    P14692 → Q22237
    Has use → noise control
    Country → United States
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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