On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:03:04 +0100, Larry Lard
wrote:

Adrian wrote:
So the railway has /carte blanche/ to be as loud as it wants, whenever
it wants, and do whatever it wants, because it was there first?

Can you give a single reason why it shouldn't?

You buy a house next to a railway line, you got a price discount to
reflect the fact that it's going to be noisy.