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This is the lovely creaky sound of the train passing between Waterloo East and London Bridge station. If I remember correctly, I made the recording on 17th April, 2011, after going with my friend Kate to the London Marathon to watch her partner running in the race.
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Sources & credits
- “London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, UK - Creaky train between Waterloo East and London Bridge” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0