RESIDENTS of a quiet cul-de-sac are being driven to distraction by noisy overnight work on a rail line just yards from their bedrooms.

Around 18 months ago, Network Rail started construction at the rear of properties in Solway Road, Bishopbriggs as part of the electrification of the Glasgow to Edinburgh route.

Several times a week, work is carried out during the night meaning residents get little or no sleep.

They have complained repeatedly to Network Rail but a couple of days ago reached the end of their tether when a high pitched siren went off at 3am.

Local people say they are exhausted with the constant sleep deprivation and it is affecting their work.

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Ross Murdoch lives in a home backing onto the railway line with his wife Jeanette who is an auxiliary nurse in a maternity hospital and his 16-year-old daughter Lisa.

He said: "The noise now is unbearable. There are gangs of between 15 to 20 there every other night working 30ft from our house.

"Sometimes they turn up at 11pm, sometimes 1am, sometimes 3pm and can be there for 30 minutes or three hours.

"As well as the banging and hammering which goes on, there is also shouting and swearing.

"The other night they were working and a siren started going off at my back gate at 3am."

Mr Murdoch, who works in a distribution centre, said: "Everyone in the street is absolutely demented because at times the noise is unbearable.

"The other day my daughter was almost in tears as she headed for school because she was absolutely exhausted.

"We were originally told the work would finish mid-July but it is now September and there is no sign of it coming to an end.

"I have complained to Network Rail several times and sent umpteen videos asking them to keep the noise to a minimum but nothing is done.

"The situation has become unbearable because it has been going on too long."

A Network Rail spokesman said: "We apologise for any disturbance caused to lineside neighbours as we work to deliver the electrification of the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line.

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"We have been completing foundations to support overhead electrification masts throughout the summer as we advised but much of the steelwork to support the overhead cables is now nearing completion and that should mean no further heavy engineering as part of the project in this location.

"This work will enable the introduction of longer, faster, greener trains which will also be quieter which will be of benefit to those who travel by train and live by the railway."