Monday 25 March 2019

A Railway Station,

with a slight difference,


 there are no roads or pathways to or from it, no ticket booth as well as it happens, 

it is the new Seiryū-Miharashi Station, which opened on March 19, 2019, photographs courtesy Nishikagawa Railway,

 the Nishikigawa Railway in Iwakuni (Yamaguchi Prefecture) is a local train that runs along the Nishiki River for roughly 33 km, or about 20 miles, last week, on March 19, the operator opened its newest train station along the line, the new Seiryū-Miharashi Station station is the railway’s first new station in 25 years, the operator told WithNews that it was built on the side of a cliff and designed specifically as a lookout spot so that visitors can enjoy the scenic views of the Nishiki River,

 the train operator plans to use the station only for special events and normal trains will not stop here, but when they do, visitors will be able to step off the train, which will wait 10 – 15 minutes, note to self if you miss the train taking that must have photograph, it is a long wait for the next train, and it is a longer walk!


to ride the Nishikagawa Railway, first head to Iwakuni Station, which is roughly 2 hours from Osaka and 1 hour from Hiroshima, I wonder if there are other unassailable stations like this one, where the train stops just for the view?


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