New noise policy EU Noise Directive.

[ccmmick]

Originally Posted by locojoe

My back garden backs on to the Liverpool Street-Cambridge mainline. The electric trains are no problem but the heavy goods trains shake our house foundations as they pass. After living in the same house for 35 years we have got used to the house shaking.

It the was same for me at St Blazey you get a fully loaded freight train moving around and the bungalow used to shake it's still there after 40 years

ccmmick.

[62440]

In the early hours of the morning I sometimes hear a heavy sounding freight going south on the Midland main line, that's almost three miles away! There's no way you can stop the noise of trains being carried on the breeze unless you put all the rail system in tunnels. I don't hear it in the daytime due to road traffic on the A512, if that's minimal you can hear the roar from the M1 a mile up the road. At times the whole lot of 'em are drowned out by the roar of aircraft taking off from the East Mids Airport 5 miles north of here. Oh, and we have a University less than half a mile away. Just DON'T get me started on the subject of noisy students!!!!

Fuming, 62440.

[John_142]

I live almost next to the Via duct that runs in to Warrington Ctl and at Night when its very quiet even with Doubble Glazing and the windown shut I can still hear the enigines of the 185s powering up to pass the signal.

[Dave Rowland]

Originally Posted by John_142

I live almost next to the Via duct that runs in to Warrington Ctl and at Night when its very quiet even with Doubble Glazing and the windown shut I can still hear the enigines of the 185s powering up to pass the signal.

In the mid-60's, on a quiet night, I could hear the Hampshire 'Thumper' DEMUs travelling between Portchester and Fareham - FIVE MILES AWAY! I thought it was a nice sound!