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FURIOUS Tennyson residents say deafening squeals from a nearby rail line are waking them up at night and ruining their quality of life.Greg Flanagan has been working with the Tennyson Residents Association to try to get action on the noise.He said his family was among the worst affected at Tennyson by the noise because they lived across the road from a bend in the track on Myla Tce.“You expect a bit of noise but this is nothing like when we moved in,” he said.Queensland Rail (QR) manages the Corinda-Yeerongpilly rail, which is now used by Aurizon coal and freight trains, not passenger services.A QR spokeswoman said the company was “sympathetic” about the issue at Tennyson and was working with the community “to help mitigate the intermittent noise”. “We have implemented a number of measures to reduce noise, including installation of a nearly $2.5 million noise barrier last year, grinding of the rails and the use of lubricant which helps to reduce noise,” she said.An Aurizon spokesman said it worked closely with Queensland Rail to mitigate impacts on the community, including maintenance of trains.“
Queensland Rail is the rail infrastructure manager and is responsible for the condition of the track, and monitoring and ensuring environmental standards are met,” he said.Mr Flanagan said the noise barrier at Tennyson did not reduce the noise.He said they had their windows double glazed, installed a soundproof door and slept with the house closed but were still woken at night.He said they had contacted QR about the issue several times.Minister urged to actTennyson Residents Association president Jim Crosthwaite said the train noise could be heard across the suburb.Mr Crosthwaite said the association would write to Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe to request urgent action on the issue.Mr Hinchliffe could not be reached for comment.A Department of Environment and Heritage Protection spokeswoman said nuisance noise emitted from the ordinary use of rail infrastructure did not fall under its jurisdiction.“As the Queensland Environmental Protection Act 1994 currently stands, EHP is unable to intervene at the moment,” she said.