Could you live with a high speed rail line at the end of your garden.?

longhotbath

I lived next door to a steam railway line station. Very pretty, except I coudnt sunbathe in the summer - I got covered in soot!! Really !:rotfl:

I lived under the flightpath of Heathrow in Ealing. That I would never miss - we could wave at the pilots, the picture on the TV signal broke up, and we has to stop talking on the phone at regular intervals - every couple of minutes at peak times, because the person on the other end couldnt hear us at all.

I would ask to sit in the garden - or house with windows open to see how bad it is.

Pssst

Dont think about how many trains. Think about how swiftly they will pass. One quick whooosshhh and they are gone. It will be just like The railway Children.

shirlgirl2004

I wouldn't chose to live near a busy road or train line. That's just me and I have a choice. If I didn't have the choice then yes I would but it would reduce the price of the house IMO.

onetomany

i used to live as a child with a main line at the bottom of our garden, the only thing that peed me of was next door had build their kids a platforn to see them as they pass, noise didnt bother me you get used to it

magpiedawn

ooh..nostalga, my first house was at the end of a road with a railway running across the bottom,when a train went by the bed use to move sideways and when out in the garden ,pegging out the washing ,the ground use to rumble and the line went up out of reach.We had 2 cats who use to use the railway as their hunting ground for vole shrew mice etc totaly ignoring the birds in the garden and they never came to any harm.
it was our first home and i loved it, would i live there now not in a million.x

silvercar

You would learn to live with the noise.

You want to check whether the freight trains actually cause vibration in the house.

You really need to be in the house with the windows open when the trains go past. Then imagine a summer's day with all the windows open.

Pssst

silvercar wrote: »

You would learn to live with the noise.

You want to check whether the freight trains actually cause vibration in the house.

You really need to be in the house with the windows open when the trains go past. Then imagine a summer's day with all the windows open.

Indeed,,
In Summer the whooosshh of the passing train will fan your fevered brow as you sunbathe in the back garden and in Autumn and winter there will be no trains due to leaves and snow on the lines.

mazza111

I have a trainline at the bottom of my garden. For the first week or so I heard every train!!! Now, I don't hear them at all. My son's bedroom is at the back of the house and he doesn't hear them either. It's one of those noises you do get used to.

About your cats, I was in the same scenario, my cat was a house cat, but as she's old we decided to keep her that way. She now comes out into the garden with us in the summer and sunbathes, but NEVER leaves the garden, lazy moo!!! The vet said it would be ok to let her out but she's just never wanted to after 5 years of being house cat.

LittleC_2

I could never get used to that as the noise when it does happen is so intense.. never mind the vibration

linni

We have a railway line at the end of our 100 foot garden. We planted large shrubs in front of the fence and we rarely hear the trains. We would rather have that, than being overlooked or have noisy neighbours.. Occasionally a really big freight train goes past but so far it has not affected the house and we have lived here for over 20 years. When we originally looked at the house we purposely chose a time when the trains went past because we too were worried about it. We have never regretted buying it but I suppose it depends on whether you like trains or not. Hope this helps.