Rail’s bad vibrations

Published: 2 July, 2010

• THOSE who claim that Primrose Hill residents would be unable to hear trains running at 100mph-plus just 20 metres below their homes are talking nonsense.

I have had more than three years of living right next to the route of the HS1 London Tunnel at almost twice the depth they propose for the new line and trains running a good 10-20mph slower at the point they pass my home.

The vibration and ground-borne noise here are very intrusive. 

A spokeswoman makes the remarkable admission that “we have done no site-specific noise measurements”.

That being the case, how can they possibly reassure residents about noise or the risk of heavy subsidence making their homes unsafe, not to mention the major negative impact on values?

My advice to the residents of Primrose Hill is: don’t believe a word of what they tell you.

They have their agenda, which includes keeping costs down as much as possible. 

What evidence is there that they will give two hoots if the cost and inconvenience is transferred to others?

Don’t let them undermine your rights – quite literally.

PETER HUNTER
Mildmay Grove North, N1