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Posted by Wado MP73 on Mon Aug 10 16:57:48 2009, in response to Photos: Heavier rail in Japan, posted by Deaks on Mon Aug 10 10:35:35 2009.  Looks like the north end of Yoyogi but the surroundings have changed so much, I hardly recognize the place!  All Tokyo Metro lines except the Hanzomon and the Namboku lines have open air sections and even those two have through service to overground private suburban lines. The Marunouchi lines has three. (Mara means a body part that I have but my wife hasn't, in Japanese slang) The line is very steep, formerly being a rack railway with a 6.6% grade. As I already said in my other post, the part of the line that had the 6.67% grade is has been closed since 1997 and the rack was gone around the time I was born (1963). Unlike the Tokyo Metro, some of its cars appear pretty old, such as this one heading over one of the multitude of grade crossings, near Shinagawa. Keikyu is unique. It insisted on using single leaf doors on new stock well into the eighties. The multitude of grade crossings are part of its charm but they are working on grade separation. With through service from the Toei Asakusa line, you see rolling stock from five different railways at that section. Having a Japan Rail Pass I didn't ride too many of the private operators. You missed a lot! Especially around Osaka! Anyway, seems like you had a lot of fun. |
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