Tram Terminal in front of Kyoto Station

[bill937ca]

For someone wanting to build a tram terminal this was the case in Kyoto until the early 70s.  There is a track plan and photos on this Japanese web page.

 

http://kyoto.trolley.net/album/kyoeki2.html

 

It has potential as a bookcase layout with the three crossovers and the stub track.

[Guest ___]

Kyoto Station is a mess these days with taxi and bus traffic, and they can use those trams again.

[bikkuri bahn]

It's a pity Kyoto's tram system was torn up, along with many other city systems back in the late sixties/early seventies, with the onslaught of mass motorization.  Though Tokyo's once extensive tram system has been effectively replaced by subways, I think Kyoto would have benefited from keeping her trams, as the grid city layout, relatively wide streets, and restrictive building/development codes suit a streetcar/LRV system.

[westfalen]

Makes you wish you had a time machine.

[Guest ___]

I was on a group tour, coming back from Nara five years ago and I remember seeing a red tram, with a metal fence around it in the middle of a bi-way medium.