Sod all really. Despite all the NIMBY's whinging. 
A lot of them forget that the desirability of the area is heavily influenced by existing rail & tube lines (pretty noisy ones too!) into the West End and City of London. And they build houses right up to them and they command a premium becuse they're near the station! 
Around me it'll be in a deep tunnel anyway, which would have been only 30 metres along the road from my house, but is now another 200 metres further away.
I do know someone who has a house way out in the country that will be just a few yards from the line in a shallow cutting. If it happens (or he wants to move beforehand) he'll be bought out at a "fair" price. Whether that will suit at the time one can't tell.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 18th February 2013 at 09:41 PM.
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