ɪn ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː wɪð pˈɔːl zˈɑːloʊ fɔːɹ sˈɔŋ tˈɔːk mˌæɡɐzˈiːn, ˈɑːɹt ɡˈɑːɹfʌŋkəl sˈɛz ðæt sˈaɪmən ɹˈoʊt ðə sˈɔŋ ɪn ɐ tɹˈeɪn stˈeɪʃən "ɚɹˈaʊnd mˈæntʃɛstɚ" wˌaɪl ɪn ɐn ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ˈɪntɚvjˌuː fɔːɹ plˈeɪbɔɪ mˌæɡɐzˈiːn sˈaɪmən hɪmsˈɛlf mˈɛnʃənd ðə tɹˈeɪn stˈeɪʃən wʌz æt lˈɪvɚpˌuːl.
In an interview with Paul Zollo for SongTalk Magazine, Art Garfunkel says that Simon wrote the song in a train station "around Manchester" while in an earlier interview for Playboy Magazine Simon himself mentioned the train station was at Liverpool.