Last Tokyu in Station Grade Crossing to Disappear

[bill937ca]

The grade crossing within the Ikegami Station on the Tokyu Ikegami Station is scheduled to disappear in a rebuilding of the station beginning in June.  Video by Rail Note.

 

[ToniBabelony]

Noooo~! I think I only used that station once though to buy a beer at a convenience store nearby... I wonder what will come in place of it... Nevermind: https://response.jp/article/2017/04/19/293714.html That's quite the change!

 

Still, Tōkyū has two other weird stations with crossings, like Todoroki and Kuhonbutsu: http://hkuma.com/rail/kounai/kounai01.html

 

It looks like the Ikegami network is changing rapidly from its old 60s style wooden stations to a more contemporary design (also lots of wood). Not a bad thing IMO, as these old constructions are in a deeply questionable state of being...

Edited May 12, 2017 by Kabutoni

[Jcarlton]

Somehow the new station just doesn't have the character of the old one.

[bikkuri bahn]

These kind of station layouts are still plentiful on other railways, however, especially in Kansai and Nagoya, which overall have more atmosphere anyway as the drive for updating and standardization is not as strong as in the Tokyo area (i.e. if Tokyu or JR-E had its way, every commuter train in Kanto would be a variation of the J-trec-built E233/Tokyu 5000)

Edited May 16, 2017 by bikkuri bahn

[Nick_Burman]

It looks like the Ikegami network is changing rapidly from its old 60s style wooden stations to a more contemporary design (also lots of wood). Not a bad thing IMO, as these old constructions are in a deeply questionable state of being...

With its 3-car trains the line seems to have heavy interurban flavour to it... one wishes that Tokyu could save a few of those roof supports, give them a thorough scraping and repainting and incorporate them into the new station. Would save them a few pennies...

 

Cheers NB

[ToniBabelony]

With its 3-car trains the line seems to have heavy interurban flavour to it... one wishes that Tokyu could save a few of those roof supports, give them a thorough scraping and repainting and incorporate them into the new station. Would save them a few pennies...

 

Tōkyū isn't really into saving pennies much... I mean, they don't have very expensive train tickets (day ticket ¥660), meaning they make massive profits elsewhere to offset the losses they make on operating their trains. Those profits mainly come from retail and real estate, which is included in these renovation projects. :P

[bill937ca]

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