Ekoda Station, Seibu Line, Details

[gmat]

I'm starting from the rail crossing on the west side of the station. If anyone can identify some of the equipment that I've shot, please do. Then I can label my shots.

 

 

 

More to come,

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

More.

Crossing Sensors.

 

Red Emergency Button. To give warning that there is a problem in the crossing.

 

 

 

 

These are on each side of the crossing and the alphanumeric identifiers are on the same side, no matter which way they are facing. What are these?

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Last batch tonite.

 

 

 

More later,

Best wishes,

Grant

[stevenh]

Those are lasers/Infra-red beams that zig-zag across the intersection. If anything is blocking the beam, say a Car/vehicle then the train will receive a stop signal (and hopefully have enough time to stop).

 

I believe the stop signal is the 5 light pentagon where the light circulates around... or this is what I've learnt from densha-de-go anyway :)

[gmat]

Thank you, stevenh,

A couple from the east side of the station. The Galaxy999 train came by heading West to Hoya, just after I took these, so I got on my bike to look for a new place to shoot it when it came back.

The station. They are building a new station building and  seem to be redoing the number of tracks. I think that it was four tracks, but now it's two. I shot some photos of where the outside tracks have been torn up. Will post them later.

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Some shots of the construction work around the station. Some construction equipment. The photo heads away from Ikebukuro.

 

Further back along the blue temporary fence.

 

Where the outer tracks used to run. Photo points towards Ikebukuro. Covered entrance to the underground walkway to the right.

 

Opposite side. Photo heads away from Ikebukuro.

 

More to come,

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

The outside of the fence in the previous photos.

 

 

 

 

More to come,

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

The photos on the white fence are flowers.

 

or lily pads....

 

Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Sorry... Trucks will be coming by on the dates indicated.

 

More later,

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Pentagon signal lights.

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Some of the shops,restaurants and drinking establishments outside many stations.

The far building has a karaoke establishment.

 

Korean BBQ and a drinking place next to it.

 

The flowers are placed by well wishers when a new shop opens.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

From about 4:00-7:00 and Sundays, some shopping streets are closed to motor vehicles. They often use a sign like this to stop traffic. Ekoda You-You road.

 

Needs no explanation. A contradiction in terms.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Wonder how long they'll keep the wooden covering over the tracks. Photo looks away from Ikebukuro.

 

 

Photo looks towards Ikebukuro.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

These are the crossing sensors on the other side of the ones shown above. Note that the sensor numbers are on the same side as the opposite ones. A cement conduit protects the cables.

 

 

 

The location of this one makes it hard to check the number. The number was not painted on the easier to see side.

 

Here is the number.

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

They are constructing a new set of stairs to the central elevated station. Hope that this might be useful.

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[marknewton]

A very interesting series of photos, Grant. There are a few items I can identify, when I get a chance tomorrow I'll caption them for you. Thanks for posting these.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[gmat]

Not so useful, but preparations for ferroconcrete structures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

Two crossings down from Ekoda, towards Ikebukuro. Some details for a smaller crossing.

 

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

The sensors for the crossing can be different according to the width of the crossing.

Away from Ikebukuro.

Towards Ikebukuro.

 

Away from Ikebukuro.

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[KenS]

These are all very interesting detail photos. I'm a fan of track, crossing and signal detail photos, and those are hard to find online (there is a "Railway Crossings of the World" pool on flickr that has some Japanese photos, but not many). So I encourage you to post more of these kinds of detail photos.

 

I'm particularly interested in the different kinds of signals used on different lines, as this isn't well documented in English-language sources.  Wikipedia's English-language page on Japanese Signals is the best source of general info (the Japanese page has a bit more detail, too), but it doesn't get into the variations between railway companies or lines.

[gmat]

Detail shots of the crossing barrier pole box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

By where I parked my bicycle. You can see it in the background in the above post.

 

Best wishes,

Grant

[gmat]

KenS,

Will keep my eye peeled. Unfortunately, I have a lot of free time, so when I can, I'll shoot the crossing details.

Best wishes,

Grant