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Trains

Whether mainline services to London, branch lines reaching more rural communities, or historic steam railways preserved for leisure, listen to the sounds of trains criss-crossing the county.

  • 13:01 to Sudbury, 2016

    13:01 to Sudbury, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Scene_059_156419zz.mp3
  • A high wind in Chalkwell, 2016

    A high wind in Chalkwell, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Chalkwell-station-bridge-tree-MP3.mp3
  • Chalkwell children on the Cinder Path to: Another Dimension!, 2017

    Chalkwell children on the Cinder Path to: Another Dimension!, 2017

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Chalkwell-echo-MP3.mp3
  • Chalkwell Night Swimmers, 2015

    Chalkwell Night Swimmers, 2015

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Chalkwell-Night-Swimmers-MP3.mp3
  • Epping Ongar Railway, 2016

    Epping Ongar Railway, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Scene_137_1135_to_Epping_N7.mp3
  • Fog for Christmas, 2016

    Fog for Christmas, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Fog-1-2.mp3
  • Fogbound, 2007

    Fogbound, 2007

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Fogbound-2007-MP3.mp3
  • Four trains passing through Marks Tey, 2016

    Four trains passing through Marks Tey, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Scene_057_Marks_Tey_trains.mp3
  • Great Bentley station, 2018

    Great Bentley station, 2018

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/MixPre-330_Great_Bentley_Station.mp3
  • Hippy beach, 2017

    Hippy beach, 2017

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Joycelyn-Beach-fire.mp3
  • Hot rails to...Essex, 2016

    Hot rails to...Essex, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/C2C-MP3.mp3
  • Hot rails to...Middlesex, 2016

    Hot rails to...Middlesex, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Southend-Victoria-MP3.mp3
  • Leigh locomotive, 2017

    Leigh locomotive, 2017

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Gypsy-Bridge-loco-geese.mp3
  • Pier, train, voices, 2015

    Pier, train, voices, 2015

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Pier-train-voices-MP3.mp3
  • Station to station, Colchester, 2016

    Station to station, Colchester, 2016

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Colchester-MP3.mp3
  • Stratford, gateway to Essex, 2017

    Stratford, gateway to Essex, 2017

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Stratford-complete1.mp3
  • Tilbury dockland road and rail, 2017

    Tilbury dockland road and rail, 2017

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tilbury-St-Andrews-Road-traffic.mp3
  • Train journey from Southend Central to Westcliff, 2006

    Train journey from Southend Central to Westcliff, 2006

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Train-Journey-between-Southend-Central-and-Westcliff-June-2006.mp3
  • Under the pier, 2015

    Under the pier, 2015

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Pier-MP3.mp3
  • Via Ockendon, 2017

    Via Ockendon, 2017

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Via-Ockendon1.mp3
  • Victoria Wharf, Leigh, 2015

    Victoria Wharf, Leigh, 2015

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Victoria-Wharf-Leigh-Audie-Philip.mp3
  • Wild Leigh, crickets, 2018

    Wild Leigh, crickets, 2018

    https://d19az1b8nqezvo.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wild-Leigh-crickets2.mp3
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