London Underground C stock

A binaural recording made at Westbourne Park tube station in London in 2012. The recording features distant police and ambulance sirens as they drove past on the nearby flyover, followed by two C Stock tube trains approaching the station from different directions, then leaving.

Recording provided by Colin Hunter.

This is part of the Obsolete Sounds project, the world’s biggest collection of disappearing sounds and sounds that have become extinct – remixed and reimagined to create a brand new form of listening. Explore the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-sounds