Paper presented at Inter-Noise 2007. The design of the pavement near the rails as well as the joints between the pavement and the rails are important. Six railway crossings have been selected for noise measurements. The results showed that the angle at which the vehicles crossed the rails was of importance to the noise levels. Rail crossings at an angle of approximately 45° relatively to the road generally were less noisy than rail crossings at 90°. The least noisy and the most noisy rail crossing gave rise to a vehicle noise level of 70.9 dB and 78.5 dB, respectively, a difference of 7.6 dB. This highlights that the design of rail/tram crossings significantly affects the noise from road traffic. The surface texture at the rail crossings was also measured but no unique relation with the measured noise levels could be seen.