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A train is arriving. But not very many people are leaving the train. An anouncement just stops without telling when the train to Neuwied is leaving, kind of significant for the situation. Perhaps there is no 'Abfahrt'... Later the sound for the anouncement is repeted twice, to reassure the listeners? The microphone walks back to the platform that connects all platforms. It is a little bit more busy. A lot of anouncements for other trains are made. There are a lot of suitcases, but different from the days before Corona you can count them. Another train is arriving. Some people are leaving, again a lot of trolleys. Some passengers are arguing. An anouncement anounces a train to Darmstadt, on the other track a train to Berlin is anounced by text, but the text vanishes and the train to Berlin on track 12 becomes the train to Darmstadt formerly on track 13. Nearly nobody is boarding. At least the train from Wächtersback is arriving.
About the place
Frankfurt am Main is a city of about 650,000 people in Hesse, Germany. OttoAnna lists 81 field recordings from here.
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27. März 2020 Gleiszugang
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Platform18_hall_corona_times
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Sources & credits
- “Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, Gleis 10 11 - 27. März 2020 Gleis 10 11” by LIGNA – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0