Buying a House near a trainline (redcar)

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So recently I've looked at a house, love the inside of the property but the trainline backs onto the garden. I can see the trains run every 10 minutes.
Has living this close to a trainline been a problem for anyone else?

I lived backing onto a railway line for years and it doesn't bother me anything like as much as traffic noise does! I think you get used to it but it might depend what sort of trains and the position of the tracks. Ours was down an embankment so I suspect that muffled the noise more than a raised embankment would. We also had quite a long garden and the trains weren't that frequent. We barely notice the short passenger trains going past, if they're not accelerating out of a station they're pretty quiet.

We live next to a train line and although if I listen out for it the noise is very clear I don't notice it normally and if I shut the windows we can't hear it at all.
Only thing is if they do works on the tracks which we get short notice of. Usually not an issue though and we have slept through it.

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We live next to a train line and although if I listen out for it the noise is very clear I don't notice it normally and if I shut the windows we can't hear it at all. Only thing is if they do works on the tracks which we get short notice of. Usually not an issue though and we have slept through it.

This ⬆️ but I would notice the freight trains coming through at night if windows open in summer . I lived on mainline to London. Small garden. It was one garden away on the side of my house. Didn't mind it at all, loved that house.

There is certainly an adjustment period when you first move in though, I'd say after 3 months you won't notice it generally. It depends if you like having the TV / radio on or live in silence. Now I love silence, and live semi rural I don't get any silence as I have young kids.

I've lived close to a train line for 10 years. It's a moderately busy commuter line, raised embankment and small garden (London). We don't notice 90% of the trains as your brain switches off the noise (apparently) after you get used to it.

Only time it's an issue is when noisy work is going on overnight (2-3 times per year normally) and in height of summer when sleeping with windows open. Even then the kids tend to sleep through it, and their rooms face the line.

Would I prefer not to have the line at the back of my house? Yes. But the compromise is worth it for our lovely house and fab area.

I live close to a train line and it doesn’t bother me at all. I find it much less annoying than screeching kids or dogs barking.

I used to live next to a train line years ago when I was little and I'd choose that over living next door, or near to, noisy children/neighbours.

We back onto a train line. The line is down a very shrubby / tree lined embankment. We do have a pretty long garden. At first, the trains sounded quite loud but now even in the garden we barely notice them. We’re on a fairly quiet line so only get a couple of trains an hour, but do get some fairly big freight trains passing. The freights are more noticeable as they’re longer / louder but it’s not deafening it’s just background noise. The honking sometimes does startle if you’re in the garden though . Quieter in the summer due to the foliage but in winter it’s still barely noticeable. I did used to live closer to a metro line in Newcastle and again those were every 10 mins or so and after a while the noise fades into the background. I like it as it means we’re not overlooked from anywhere other than the attached neighbours.

Oh and with regards to noise from work, we get letters from national rail informing us of the works weeks in advance, it’s always through the night and although we don’t sleep at the back of the house I’ve never noticed the noise when going to the bathroom for example. I did hear some really loud metallic banging the other night, but it wouldn’t have been loud enough to wake up (and not 100% it was from the rail line as we have industrial units the other side of the tracks).

We have a city tram line at the end of the garden, they are frequent running but quite lightweight.
It's absolutely no disturbance at all - we can hear them but rarely notice them. I can go whole days without noticing one. You very quickly tune it out.
Unless it's a problematic section of track, the ballast tamping shouldn't be more that a night every six months or so.
You might want to look at how much lineside vegetation/screening there is, if you are worried about being overlooked. But if you think about being on a train, nobody really looks at particular houses when you pass by hundreds.

I lived on a train line and didn't hear anything despite them running every 15 minutes.

My first mortgage was on a house whose garden backed into a train line. After a daybed so we hardly noticed.

Only really noticed when the line was closed for maintenance, we noticed the absence of trains over that weekend.

Almost everywhere nowadays there will be some transportation noise. A Railway does seem to generate rather less intrusive noise.

Our house has the train line running along the back and has trains in both directions every 15 odd minutes (so realistically a train passes at least every 7-10 mins). You do get used to it although it can be a little annoying if you're in the back of the garden trying to have a conversation when the train goes by. Barely notice it in the house

The one thing I would look out for is the speed of the train. Ours are generally pulling out of or into the station a few hundred metres away so they're not particularly bad as they're trundling along. My ex lived close to a high speed line and the noise was horrific

I used to live in Redcar and my house was very close to the railway. The only trains I really noticed were the massive freight trains running from Boulby mine. They can come through at any time but I was never woke up by one. The new trains are very quiet and I barely noticed them.

I've lived close to a railway all
My life. One was a mainline. I don't even notice it anymore.