Train line near to house i want to buy

belmore

I have found a really lovely house to buy but there is a train line in a field behind the garden. I am pretty sure its not a mainline but would like to know how many trains use the line. Anyone know how i could find out?

Poppy,

Norwich.

wastedtalent

If there's a local station, and it's only got this line going through it, get a timetable? It won't indicate freight trains if any though.

Sugared-frog

Look at a local map and see where the line seems to go between. Then you should be able to look at timetables for that line once you have that worked out. However that won't necessarily be the only use of the line since their could also be freight on it too. I grew up with a main line behind my house so didn't know any different, and even now I don't notice them when I visit my parents (in fact it is more noticeable at Christmas when they stop running for about 48 hours).

Jaymzrsa

We had a train by us and after a week you stop hearing them, I know that is not what you wanted to know, I am just saying it does not necessarily have to be a deal breaker. That was in Wimbledon too where the trains go by every few minutes. We were about 100 Meters away from the tracks and had direct line of site from upstairs.

Dan:_4

The first house I bought had a main line right behind it - we were one station away from Gatwick Airport so a very busy part of rail - needless to say, I never heard a thing unless the windows were wide open, and even then it was not enough to wake me up.

DannyboyMidlands

Erm go down there and, like, see how many trains use the line.

googler

DannyboyMidlands wrote: »

Erm go down there and, like, see how many trains use the line.

Take a picnic, a book and/or personal stereo, and enjoy the sun while you count the trains.

Look on a map to see where the line goes to and comes from. Count the stations, look for termini, and any goods/marshalling yards.

Ask the townsfolk.

Consult the local train operators.

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Jaymzrsa

Just remember that for each train going one way a train will be going the other way too. So if they have 4 per hour, there will be 8 trains passing you each hour. Some people forget this and only count the one way traffic.

carefullycautious

we lived by one and at first it drove me mad but after a few weeks i no longer registered the trains going by.

As long as the trains did not rattle the house or cause any subsidence i would live by one.

FTBFun

belmore wrote: »

I have found a really lovely house to buy but there is a train line in a field behind the garden. I am pretty sure its not a mainline but would like to know how many trains use the line. Anyone know how i could find out?

Poppy,

Norwich.

If it's the mainline to London, quite a lot.

If it's one of the branch lines to Yarmouth or Ely, a fair bit.

If it's the one to Sheringham, not so much.

mustrum_ridcully

Used to live right next to a railway line (local and freight), in fact my bedroom was about 25m away and after the first week or two I stopped noticing the trains.