Following our contact with Network Rail on behalf of affected residents we have now received the following response:
Good morning Rob
I apologise for the lack of contact regarding this issue.
As you can see from the letter, a track renewals team are
currently working in the area, and more specific dates are as follows;
Work
stated at 23.05hrs to 06.00hrs on Thursday 25 July 2013 from the north end of
Durham Station on the down main, from 66m 1720yds up to 67m 919yds, and was
completed by Saturday 28 July 2013.
On
the 30 July to 3 August, the team worked from Tuesday night up to the Saturday
Morning from 68m 618yds to 69m 138yds. Work will be completed this week, 12 to
16 August from 69m 196yds to 70m 330yds.
The track renewals team are currently upgrading the track, which
hopefully should alleviate any vibration issues reported by trackside
residents. Again, as per the attached letter, if the residents have
concerns about structural damage to property because of passing freight trains,
they need to undertake a structural survey and report this to Network Rail to
deal with accordingly.
If you are still receiving complaints after this week,
please contact the Network Rail National Helpline on the number below, and any
track issues will be investigated by our Track Engineers.
I hope you find this information useful.
Kind regards
Antonia Bailey
Community Relations Advisor
Network Rail
National Helpline: 08457 11 41 41
We intend to contact complainants again later this week to see if their problems persist and, if so, get back in touch with Network Rail to seek a solution as advised by the company. In the meantime please let us know if you have had any similar experience of vibration from rail freight in this particular area.