Hokuriku Main Line 北陸本線

[scott]

It's sort of like looking through an old film slide, but...

 

[westfalen]

Note the fence along the track beside the platform to stop spray from the sea getting waiting passengers wet.

[scott]

You mean the one that ends just before the platform shelter? 

[Mudkip Orange]

I'm diggin' the 120km/h sign at the end.

[bikkuri bahn]

Apparently Ichiburi Station, in Niigata Prefecture, but near the border with Toyama Prefecture. Actually a nice station headhouse, of wooden construction, but only sees an average of 53 passengers/day. I have a feeling those screens also serve to block snow drifts coming off the Sea of Japan in winter.

 

source: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B8%82%E6%8C%AF%E9%A7%85

[scott]

Interesting--thanks!

 

I also hadn't realized before now--thanks to the picture on that page--that 419 series trains are converted 583s.