Post by flippyff on Aug 24, 2010 21:26:34 GMT
South London Press
ANGRY residents living close to a revamped train line claim "squealing" wheels are keeping them up at night.
Homes in New Cross back on to the maintenance depot for London Overground's East London line.
They claim Transport for London is failing to meet a pledge not to move trains between 1am and 4am.
Paul Killick, of Tarragon Close, New Cross, said: "I'm being woken up two or three times a night by the squealing wheels on the trains.
We were given assurances about the noise before the line started operating, but it's so loud.
Just recently, they've started moving the trains between 1am and 4am which we thought was our three hours of guaranteed silence.
Now we havent even got that."
Trains on the line, running from Dalston Junction to West Croydon, are stored, washed and repaired at the depot near New Cross Gate station.
A TfL spokesman said: "We are aware of residents concerns and are working to address them, and we are undertaking monitoring of noise levels.
In the short term, our maintenance team is checking and maintaining the units around the depot which lubricate the tracks to alleviate the noise from rubbing between the wheels and rails."
Lewisham council says it is unable to restrict when trains are moved but has urgently raised the issue of the 'wheel squeal' with TfL.
ANGRY residents living close to a revamped train line claim "squealing" wheels are keeping them up at night.
Homes in New Cross back on to the maintenance depot for London Overground's East London line.
They claim Transport for London is failing to meet a pledge not to move trains between 1am and 4am.
Paul Killick, of Tarragon Close, New Cross, said: "I'm being woken up two or three times a night by the squealing wheels on the trains.
We were given assurances about the noise before the line started operating, but it's so loud.
Just recently, they've started moving the trains between 1am and 4am which we thought was our three hours of guaranteed silence.
Now we havent even got that."
Trains on the line, running from Dalston Junction to West Croydon, are stored, washed and repaired at the depot near New Cross Gate station.
A TfL spokesman said: "We are aware of residents concerns and are working to address them, and we are undertaking monitoring of noise levels.
In the short term, our maintenance team is checking and maintaining the units around the depot which lubricate the tracks to alleviate the noise from rubbing between the wheels and rails."
Lewisham council says it is unable to restrict when trains are moved but has urgently raised the issue of the 'wheel squeal' with TfL.
