"Steve" wrote in message
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In article , Rob
id writes
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:51:01 +0000 (UTC), "Terry Harper"
wrote:

"Richard J." wrote in message
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Some residents who live above the proposed line of the Crossrail
tunnels
are concerned about possible noise and vibration in their homes when
the
trains are running. Is there anyone on utl who lives or works
directly
above an existing tube (not sub-surface) tunnel? If so, do you
experience
any noise and vibration?

Some long time ago, the Glass Manufacturers Federation had their offices
in
Portland Place.

When in the basement, you could just about hear the Bakerloo line trains
passing below.

You can certainly hear a few feet down to the Hammersmith and City
from the toilets in the Euston Flyer! I seem to recall a friend saying
something similar about somewhere in the centre of town above the
Central Line though...


I used to work in Yalding House in Gt Portland St, and you could hear
the Victoria line in the basement...

And I remember the old (now demolished) cinema at Turnpike Lane, where I
saw Earthquake, with it's special seat-shaking sound, and only realised
that the vibrations I'd been feeling were not the special effects but
tube trains sometime into the film, as they shook the seats more than
the special effects....

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I used to work for a company that owns several West End theatres, and a fair
number of them suffer from rumblings during performances. The Garrick,
Wyndhams, Albery, and Criterion are some but I think a few others have the
same problem.


Andrew