High speed rail route

chirp

A high speed rail route is being planned to connect London to Scotland. The proposed route is
http://highspeedrail.dft.gov.uk/sites/highspeedrail.dft.gov.uk/files/HS2-ARP-00-DR-RW-04204.pdf

It is expected to cross through South Ruislip (by Bourne primary school, S Park way, Field end road). So will the residential properties in this area crash or go down. We were looking to buy a house in this area but now feel that it would be a wrong decision due to the proposed rail track coming up. Please advise.

MPH80

I currently own a house within about 2 miles of the proposed line in the Bucks countryside.

There is huge opposition to it, primarily from those living along the route and a number of councils have put together 'fighting funds' to battle it.

I personally think that the reality is it'll get built and there'll only be minor modifications to the line.

The issue is that it won't be operational until the 2020s and so you won't really know what the noise impact is until then - any property you purchase within noise distance of the line (anything up to around 1.5 miles I'm told by the anti-campaigners) will be blighted by that fear until it's operational and people can really see the effect (be it minor or huge).

The hardship fund established will only help those with a dire need to sell and who have proven they can't otherwise sell.

So - long and short of it - if you aren't certain - don't buy it because you probably won't be able to offload it easily later.

M.

googler

The map indicates that it stops far short of Scotland - south of Stoke-on-Trent, to be exact...... so presumably we Scots must comment later....