Trainline at the bottom of your garden?

moneyistooshorttomention

Dan-Dan wrote: »

there will be high speed for sure , its the main line between london and brum...

In that case = no chance:eek:

warehouse

I've replied to Dan-Dan via PM, but here is a great site for checking train movements around your area, (this example is using Harrow & Wealdstone:

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/advanced?location=Harrow+%26+Wealdstone&date=13%2F3%2F2013&tocs=All&timespan=3&show_schedules=11&schedule_type=0&show_wtt=1&show_var=1&show_stp=1

Otherwise here is some advice from an expert, (not me):

Track type - if it's CWR (continuously welded rail) then you'll not get the clickety-clack of the train bogies running over it.
Points - google maps shows this section to have no points, therefore another source of noise/nuisance isn't present.
Maintenance access - there appears to be a maintenance vehicle access from the station up to the area your friend is looking. Is could generate a little noise at weekend nights. However, having been on the giving and receiving end of such activity, it's generally low-key and highly likely you wouldn't even know someone is there.
Train types/numbers - as you can see from this link (removed), it's a busy old bit of railway your friend is looking at. It looks like a daytime average of 1 train every 30 seconds. Even at night there are lots of freight movements through this section. Mostly electric trains, but also some diesels too.

RupertTheCat

I lived with the eurostar at the bottom of the garden for 10 years and didn't really notice it apart from in summer - then sitting in the garden could be a noisy affair! You get used to it quite quickly.

The neighbours dog got flattened by the train which wasn't so good.

BroncoBill

Dan-Dan wrote: »

, so anywhere in town at night if your awake you can hear the beep of the train going through the station....and obviouslyn its a heavy fraight line as well.

Trains (including freight) pass near to me (200 metres ish) at night but they don't "beep" at all the (rural) crossing and level crossings at night like they do during the day - nothing after about 11pm I think. I guess it is a rule of theirs? . I only hear the trains if the wind is in the opposite direction to normal and again, normally only if I am awake. Not many trains run at nights on most mainline lines?

LutonGirl

I used to live near Bushey Arches with the trainline at the back of my house. In all honesty I didn't notice them after a while. Got more noise from the A4008 outside the front door.

Strapped

I lived in a house that backed onto that line when I was a student. Although it was a bit nearer - probably 30ft garden then the embankment. It was really noisy - I made sure to bag the front bedroom, because there was no way I could've slept in the rear one which faced the line. The trains were quite "high" in relation to the house though - commuter trains used to stop outside to let the high speeds go by, and the passengers could look straight into the rear bedroom! So I'd want to hear what the noise/vibration was like at different times of day. Conversely, I lived as a child right over a railway tunnel entrance (different line) - the house would literally shake - but it didn't bother me at all.

BigAunty

When I viewed one of my past properties, the estate agent made a point of getting me to listen to the gentle whoosh of the commuter train that could barely be detected.

Bought it, moved in and the first night found that freight trains were so noisy that it felt like they were going through my bedroom, the vibrations made the house shake. Got used to it and slept like a baby.

Furts

BroncoBill wrote: »

Trains (including freight) pass near to me (200 metres ish) at night but they don't "beep" at all the (rural) crossing and level crossings at night like they do during the day - nothing after about 11pm I think. I guess it is a rule of theirs? . I only hear the trains if the wind is in the opposite direction to normal and again, normally only if I am awake. Not many trains run at nights on most mainline lines?

Where I am the passenger trains wind down but I sense the tracks get used by more freight trains. And these tend to be the clankety clank ones!

Kayles86

Hi! We are in the process of buying a house (fingers crossed) which shares a fence with a railway track! Station is only about 1k away and dual carriageway not too far either. We used to house sit for a friend who lives about 50m away from the proposed house and never really heard a thing and definately something that we got used to after the first couple of days and their window was always slightly wedged open for cables! Thats how we knew we would be fine and house nearly worth the price!

Mayflower10cat

A friend and also two family members have all lived in houses with a trainline at the bottom of the garden. It's true, you very quickly get used to any noise. What were the lines from The Blues Brothers;' 'How often do the trains go past?', 'So often you won't even notice..!' My brother has always enjoyed watching the wildlife activity on the embankment; foxes & badgers mainly but rabbits too.