How close do you live to a railway line?

[61653 HTAFC]

7-8mins walk from Batley station (though have to allow 10-12 due to the badly-designed pedestrian crossing on Bradford Road!). Can occasionally hear trains passing, but less so than all but one of my previous adresses.

 

[EssexGonzo]

About 350 metres as the crow flies from the Brewntwood-Shenfield cutting and a 10 minute walk to Shenfield station.

My first house after leaving home at the age of 18 was on London Road in Peterborough. I had the ECML 30 odd metres from my back garden in pre-electrification days. Mainly HSTs on full throttle leaving Peterborough station. Mind you, the POSH ground is opposite across a 4-lane dual carriageway and a late night KFC was next door so I soon got used to the racket.

 

[Dom395]

Near enough to hear them and walk to the station.

Likewise.

 

[Kite159]

Around 100 metres as the crow flies (across a field), by road to the station is around a 10 minute leisurely walk away.

I've got used to hearing the noise from a 159 accelerating away early morning as well as the passing freight/diverted voyagers

 

[Polarbear]

Merseyrail runs at the back of my garden, though having lived here 45 years, I barely notice the trains.

 

[EM2]

Since we moved, about 0.7 miles as the crow flies from HS1. The old flat, I could almost reach out of the bedroom window and touch the bridge that carries the GOBLin over the street.

 

[Rick1984]

Few yards, about fifty metres, from Ryde Tunnel, Isle of Wight. Occasionally here the kettle whistle

 

[Strathclyder]

Closest line/station is 2.4 miles (or a 18-20 minute bus ride) to the south. If the wind is blowing in the right direction, I can occasionally hear the horn of a GBRf 66 on the North Blyth Alcans lol

 

[Tracked]

5 minute walk from Bentley (S. Yorks) station, but when I travel towards Doncaster from it I have to set off 20-odd minutes in advance to take into account the level crossing and lack of footbridge

 

[Dai Corner]

Close enough to the SWML to hear the trains if I'm in the garden, but my nearest station inspired my forum name!

 

[Welly]

5 - 10 mins walk from my nearest station. I can only hear the trains passing when the wind blows in the right direction.

 

[Pakenhamtrain]

650m away. Being on a hill means I can see the trains quite clearly. About 15 minutes walk or about 3 by bus. Metro services every 20-30 minutes(A lot more in peaks) in each direction, V/Line trains every hour in each direction and a freight train 2 to 4 times a day.

On a still night you can hear the bells from the level crossing quite clearly and you can hear the freight power up the hill or use the dynamic braking.

 

[anti-pacer]

I live approximately one and half miles from Richmond station but as nothing of interest runs through that part of SW London I don't miss anything.

However, my sister in law lives in Dent Dale and has a great view of trains running over Arten Gill viaduct. Lucky thing!

I was up there yesterday with a couple of friends. Stunning place!
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In addition to a line behind my flat, which I can see more clearly now the trees are shedding leaves, I can also see the ECML Leeds-Doncaster line from my lounge, and the tops of the lampposts at Sandal & Agbrigg station. I forget it's there most of the time but every so often a train in the distance reminds me (like a 321/2 about 15 mins ago).

Non-rail related but I can also see the Emley Moor transmitter, and usually the one at Holme Moss too. Looks great at night with all the red lights on them. Occasionally if the weather isn't so clear you can either see just the bottom or top of Emley Moor, and sometimes none of it at all. Obviously in these conditions Holme Moss also isn't visible.

This time of year the line at back presents a view so clear I can see the people on the trains in close detail. I often wonder what they can see back. It's that close you could throw a tennis ball, not that I would.

 

[ASharpe]

200 yards, horizontal, and then I'd guess about 200 ft down to Thackley Tunnel on the airedale line.

Go back in time 50 odd years and the house next door to me was Thackley railway station.

 

[fowler9]

If I jump over the fence at the end of my garden I am trespassing on the Liverpool spur of the West Coast Main Line between West Allerton and Mossley Hill. I can see the line from my bedroom window and have seen some cracking stuff over the last 30 years. Quadruple 20's hauling coal trains and double headed 56's. Railtours with all kinds hauling them. Pretty much any class you can imagine has been past at some point. Currently get whatever heads in to Liverpool from the Cheshire Lines or Crewe route. I started bashing locos properly in my early teens after getting home from school and seeing 37426 heading in to town with a train from Cardiff. Found out the return service stopped at West Allerton at the end of the road and that was that. I'd get home from school and dart in to town to get the Cardiff or the Preston that left at the same time and often raced it out of Lime Street at the same time. Got loads of none ETH stuff on those trains just on the travel pass I had for school. Every day of the week. Got a pair of 20's on a stopper in from Preston once, jumped on at Huyton. Happy days.

 

[Cowley]

If I jump over the fence at the end of my garden I am trespassing on the Liverpool spur of the West Coast Main Line between West Allerton and Mossley Hill. I can see the line from my bedroom window and have seen some cracking stuff over the last 30 years. Quadruple 20's hauling coal trains and double headed 56's. Railtours with all kinds hauling them. Pretty much any class you can imagine has been past at some point. Currently get whatever heads in to Liverpool from the Cheshire Lines or Crewe route. I started bashing locos properly in my early teens after getting home from school and seeing 37426 heading in to town with a train from Cardiff. Found out the return service stopped at West Allerton at the end of the road and that was that. I'd get home from school and dart in to town to get the Cardiff or the Preston that left at the same time and often raced it out of Lime Street at the same time. Got loads of none ETH stuff on those trains just on the travel pass I had for school. Every day of the week. Got a pair of 20's on a stopper in from Preston once, jumped on at Huyton. Happy days.

Awesome mate

 

[anti-pacer]

200 yards, horizontal, and then I'd guess about 200 ft down to Thackley Tunnel on the airedale line.

Go back in time 50 odd years and the house next door to me was Thackley railway station.

I grew up near there, well, until I was 7. My dad used to take me to the top of the tunnel to watch the trains.

Happy days indeed.

 

[chris89]

For Girlfriends place, rather bit closer :P

0.4 Miles (8 Min) Walk to South Gyle Station or about 500ft to the Fife Circle.

Or if Tram about 0.6 Miles (13min walk) to Gyle Centre stop.

 

[RichmondCommu]

I was up there yesterday with a couple of friends. Stunning place!

I hope you enjoyed yourselves Did you do a walk?

 

[96tommy]

I live next to Bethnal Green and my grandparents and 2 of my Aunties have houses which back onto the ECML in the York area. Was always jealous!

 

[kevconnor]

Rather close to Newton Heath's finest.

 

[Matt Taylor]

I'm about 100 yards from the top end of Southsea Down Carriage sidings which is probably the closest I've lived to a railway line. At the other extreme I once lived in a country that had no railways at all!

 

[GaryMcEwan]

I've got the Argyle Line underneath my flat and Bridgeton station is a 2 minute walk away.

 

[dcsprior]

According to Google maps I'm almost equidistant from two lines: the Borders Railway where the road crosses it near Shawfair Station & the South Sub where it crosses the Cameron Toll roundabout - the former is the nearest to see regular passenger service (2.3 miles) and the latter the nearest overall (2.2 miles)

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[gazthomas]

I have one behind me. It carries mainly freight but also GC and Northern services, as well as ECS workings for GC, Northern, TPE, XC and VTEC.

I used to live near Burnham on the GWR mainline. HST's would wake me up!

 

[Peter0124]

About 200 metres from Newton Railway Station in Glasgow

 

[miami]

300m as the crow flies. 1150m to the station as the crow flies, 1,591m as the person walks. Having the station within easy walking distance was an essential thing on the list when we bought. We did look at one house that was near another station, but not much nearer, and it was only 100m from the WCML at Sandbach, which was not a desirable position.

 

[E_Reeves]

A short bike ride for me to get to the WCML and about 10 minutes to the Coventry-Nuneaton branch.

 

[furnessvale]

Lived in a caravan in Hatfield goods yard for 8 months.

Lived in Ilford Lodge for 2 years.

Now living in Furness Vale with a view of Manchester Sheffield line (if it wasn't dark) as I type this.

 

[davewolves]

this was taken in the summer from the end of my garden