Living by the train tracks

[Danjay]

Me and my girlfriend have just put in an application for a rental property on Railway Street, really lovely house, and perfect for me to commute to Birmingham every day. Our only misgiving is living so close to the train tracks. The property is double glazed throughout, and we plan on sleeping in the rear bedroom, but the front door is probably only 20 - 30 feet from the track. Does anyone have any experience of living so close to train tracks? Or specifically for this track? I tried to look up if we're going to get any night time freighters, or train horns, but couldn't find much information. Thanks in advance.

 

[Trumpet]

My brother & sister in law's first house years ago was really close to the railway at Trent Valley just outside Rugeley. I seem to remember that after the first couple of weeks they hardly noticed the noise

 

[Prawn cocktail]

Grew up living this close to the train tracks. Sometimes when very fast trains come through, the whole house shakes. You get used to it though, after a while. i am now a very heavy sleeper and put it down to this.

 

[Andreas Rex]

Me and my girlfriend have just put in an application for a rental property on Railway Street, really lovely house, and perfect for me to commute to Birmingham every day. Our only misgiving is living so close to the train tracks. The property is double glazed throughout, and we plan on sleeping in the rear bedroom, but the front door is probably only 20 - 30 feet from the track. Does anyone have any experience of living so close to train tracks? Or specifically for this track? I tried to look up if we're going to get any night time freighters, or train horns, but couldn't find much information. Thanks in advance.

I lived on Railway Street for 3 years and used both the front and back bedrooms over that time. Initially the noise and shaking of the house is quite noticeable, but I got used to it very quickly, as did the lodgers I had at various periods. There are occasional freight trains during the night...sometimes they seemed to go on forever...but, in general, it was only the maintenance works that went on for a few weeks that really kept me awake/prevented me from getting to sleep. I know a good few people who live on Railway Street now, and none of them complain about the trains.

I now live a few roads further back from the tracks and can still hear the trains going past, hear the horns at night and feel the house shaking when they go past. I wouldn't let it put you off moving there...it's a lovely area with a great local pub, a real sense of community, and, as you've said, perfect for your commute.

 

[Gramaisc]

i am now a very heavy sleeper and put it down to this.

I had these for years on end and sleep like a baby sloth.

 

[Glam]

Me and my girlfriend have just put in an application for a rental property on Railway Street, really lovely house, and perfect for me to commute to Birmingham every day. Our only misgiving is living so close to the train tracks. The property is double glazed throughout, and we plan on sleeping in the rear bedroom, but the front door is probably only 20 - 30 feet from the track. Does anyone have any experience of living so close to train tracks? Or specifically for this track? I tried to look up if we're going to get any night time freighters, or train horns, but couldn't find much information. Thanks in advance.

I live just down the road from @Andreas Rex . I agree, it is a lovely area to live in. We get the cars and lorries on the Doxey Road all times of day and night. Don't notice them, or the rumble of the trains anymore. When I first got married way back in 1981, we lived at Baxter Green up in Doxey. For the first week we must have heard every train that went past. Soon got used to them. It's like having a clock that chimes, you never hear it till someone points it out.

 

[kyoto49]

I used to find the sound of the trains quite soporiphic when I lived in Shrewsbury Road. Trust me you'll hardly notice it after a few days.......

 

[bpelectric]

Lived in Moss Pit for 15 yrs never noticed the rail traffic.

 

[tek-monkey]

As mentioned earlier you soon get used to it. Was always a heavy freight about 3am that made the house shake, but after a month or two it was almost comforting

 

[ben0239]

My Granparents used to live at No 32 Railway Street and then later they moved further down oposite the Railway Inn so I spent a lot of time in that area as a child and young adult. There were the odd occasions that I can remember the house shaking from the large freight trains going past, but I never had any problems sleeping there, in fact at my Nans I always had the best night sleep. However this may have been induced by the beer served in the Tavern and later the Railway Inn.

I would echo the earlier points, that area has a really nice community feel to it, the people are very friendly and you are fortunate to have a proper local with good beer right on your doorstep.

 

[Lunar Scorpion]

Me and my girlfriend have just put in an application for a rental property on Railway Street, really lovely house, and perfect for me to commute to Birmingham every day. Our only misgiving is living so close to the train tracks. The property is double glazed throughout, and we plan on sleeping in the rear bedroom, but the front door is probably only 20 - 30 feet from the track. Does anyone have any experience of living so close to train tracks? Or specifically for this track? I tried to look up if we're going to get any night time freighters, or train horns, but couldn't find much information. Thanks in advance.

I can't be much further than that if any. After a few days you get used to it, and I'm just an insomniac rather than being kept awake by trains.

 

[basil]

WC Fields said he always slept sounder when the rain hammered down on his corrugated iron roof ....