Does your garden back on to a railway line?

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How much do you hear trains going past?
Does it make your house shake?

I used to

yes and yes

i used to too
you get used to it
the worst train to come by was the one at 3am and the house shook
live there for 15yrs and would live there again no biggie

My friend does - and I don't hear them when I'm at her house. Sometimes I'll see one go by out the window and it makes me jump as I don't hear it coming.
Suppose it depends on hte train line though, how fast the trains are going, what train it is...

Yes, the railway at end of our garden is in a cutting - did look at house further along the line where the line was up above the level of the garden - wouldn't have liked that!

Yes you hear the trains but to be honest you tend to "ignore" them after a while. Yes the house does sometimes shake - particularly as dmo said when the heavy goods train passes in the early hours.

It certainly wouldn't put me off (if railway in cutting) - and we often have steam trains come past which is lovely. Also means you don't have anyone's garden backing on to yours which makes your garden seem longer and you have more privacy.

We've looked at a house that isn't far from a station so most of the trains will be going slowly,it is on the Southampton to Portsmouth via Fareham line.
The house is quite nice but I think dh is unsure about the trainline being so close to the house

How long is the garden - and can you see the trains when you are sitting relaxing in the garden?

If only a small garden i would be less inclined - particularly if people on the train could "look in" - as i value my privacy.

I'm not sure about seeing trains and if they can see in. dh is veiwing the house tonight so I will get him to ask

I have three times

1. every half an hour, slow commuter trains, no shaking, on embankment at end of long garden, would def live there again.

1. once an hour high speed trains in cutting next to house, could barely see them, only heard a soft 'whoosh' no shaking, ditto.

1. every 5-10min, multiple tube lines, screeching brakes, the whole building shook, had to wear earplugs to sleep, ghastly.

There's nothing intrinsically bad about train lines, just depends how close, busy and/or noisy they are.

do you have pets - yrs ago, one of my cats was killed on the railway line

No we don't have pets
We have just done a search on google maps and seen the satelite picture and it looks like a huge block of flats the other side of the line

I lived with a railway line at the end of our small yard, at the level of the u/s windows. It was the only reason the house was affordable to me!

I got used to it - the only time I really didn't like it was if I was trying to have a conversation in the bak yard - you had to stop talking while the train rushed past.

The house didn't shake.

I once lived backing on to a tube line so not as fast but more frequent trains iykwim

It didn't bother me but dh never really got used to it

We were just considering a house swap, but the place had a small garden that backed on to a rail line so DH said no.

Yes years ago.
Drove me mad for the first 24 hours but I didnt really notice it after that.

It does depend on what line you are on. We didnt have hardly any trains at night. Also it was a long garden

I think it is 6 trains an hour 3 each way I think 2 an hour stop so wouldn't be whizzing by as the station is very close too

I used to and the trains never bothered me, you get used to it.

What bothered me more though was getting broken into 5 times in 2 years as no-one could see them climbing into the garden and they could make a quick getaway across the railway line.

You get used to the noise of the trains going past, but would only live near where the trains are down in a cutting (like we do now).

Certain trains do make the house shake (more noticeable in the evening when relaxing, about 2).

Great fun in nice weather as my DH built a train platform for us to watch from, all the friends come to play.

My MIl house at right angles to the railway, and one house between her and the line,

Normal trains whoosh past, but you do have to stop talking for a minute when outside or windows open, inside you really don't notice them.

Couple of times a day there are very long coal trucks, very noisy and rattle the hose a bit, the normal trains don't.

The line is raised up a bit, if it is in a cutting or the verges have lots of trees this will soften it a bit. If there is a block of flats on the other side this could increase the noise as it will relect it.

You really have to time a visit when there will be a train going past, and ask others in the street about it, they might be more honest about goods trains and vibrations than someone trying to sell their house.

i have twice.

trains going past have never woken me up but then i sleep like the dead.

the last house i lived in had your normal window in the kitchen then a sort of sliding window on the inner side of the window ledge...help here, i dont know what the tech word for that is.

never made the house shake, but both houses were brand new, dont know if that would make a difference.

only problem we ever had was from kids walking along the line catapulting stones through our windows..but then, this isnt a very nice area anyway.

in fact, when i moved here i couldnt sleep because it was too quiet!

Yes our garden backs onto a railway line and tbh i dont really notice the trains anymore ,some of the freight trains can be noisyish and make the house vibrate a bit but all in all it aint bad.
Just remembered that when we had that earthquake a few years ago ,i thought a train had come off the rails and was expecting to see it on top of my shed,lol.

As a student one of our houses was next to railway line and tbh we ignored them after the first few days.

The only thing that we did notice was the occasional maintainence in the middle of the night. A big slow moving clunking thing on wheels....

dh viewed the house yesterday and a train went past while he was there he didn't really hear it much & I think if we were there we wouldn't notice it at all unless we were in the garden