bill937ca Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 (edited) A watch a lot of Japanese You Tube videos, but one special favourite is the videos of Chikinzuki. His videos are shot with a side angle lens that gives a special feel to viewing trains. https://www.youtube.com/user/chikinzuki/featured Meitetsu, aka the Nagoya Railroad Co. is is the second largest of Japan's 16 major private railways. Meitetsu operates 444.2 kilometres of track with over 1000 cars. It is one of the few Japanese private railways to offer first class cars in its trains. Many of the Meitetsu lines have a rolling and curving right of way typical of interurban lines. Ordinary cars are shorter than JR stock at 18.9 metres while express cars vary in length depending on the requirements. Scarlet trains ply a large network of routes centered on Nagoya. But this is the heart of Toyota country and ridership at some stations is down substantially over 1992 (figures in Japanese Wikipedia). https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/名古屋鉄道 (Japanese Wikipedia) http://www.meitetsu.co.jp/eng/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitetsu Trains racing between Arimatsu and Chukyo on a weekday at 8am. This is the morning rush at Arimatsu station in Nagoya. In the countryside between Ina ~ Hon Ito. Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line at Imazaki Station Edited April 3, 2018 by bill937ca 1 Link to comment
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