Pictures of 2-track stations?

[scott]

Anybody have any favorite pictures of 2-track stations they could post? I'm mainly looking for rural or small interurban lines, and stations with two lines but no passing tracks. (And not just 2-track stations on single-tracked lines.)

[bikkuri bahn]

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for.  Do you mean a two track main line with no passing sidings at a station?  You won't get much of that on rural or small interurbans, as they are mainly single track mains.  There are plenty of them in urban and suburban settings, both with side and island platforms.  However, there may be examples of what you're looking for, this being Japan.

 

Togoshiginza on the Tokyu Ikegami Line, Tokyo:

http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200609/11/77/b0077777_23525112.jpg

 

http://mikkagashi.cocolog-nifty.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/18/071117142904.jpg

[bikkuri bahn]

Also, check out the first 6.3km of the Nagano Dentetsu Main Line, it's double track.  However, it's a pretty urban line on this stretch, including subway running.  Outer parts are rural, but then you have single track...

 

Kirihara Station:

http://kd55-101.blog.hobidas.com/image/071006-099.jpg

 

http://shinano.up.seesaa.net/image/kiriharast2.jpg

 

Also the Kotoden in Kagawa Pref.  Once again double track in the city areas, then single further out.  Ritsurinkoen Station, where the double track becomes single:

http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/goodlife5152/30308292.html

[clem24]

Ha yeah Nagaden is pretty cool. I got to ride shotgun (er, backwards shotgun) the length of the line on ex-Odakyu 10000 series Yukemuri from Nagano to Yudanaka.

[marknewton]

bb, PLEASE don't start posting photos of the Kotoden - I have enough distractions already! 

 

It's bad enough having five of their cars in my collection without being inspired to model the railway as well! :cheesy

 

All the best,

 

Mark.

[scott]

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for.  Do you mean a two track main line with no passing sidings at a station?

 

That's it exactly--I could have phrased it better, obviously.

 

  You won't get much of that on rural or small interurbans, as they are mainly single track mains.

 

 

Ah, well. But thanks for dredging up some examples, especially if they're rare!

[scott]

Here's one I found:

 

Tsugaru-Imabetsu station, on JR Hokkaido's Kaikyo line in Aomori

 

Maybe no representative of very much, but interesting in a minimal way.

[Mudkip Orange]

Maybe no representative of very much, but interesting in a minimal way.

 

Indeed, check the Lincoln Logs platform shelters and the Shinkansen-grade catenary. You can also see the stationhouse for Tsugaru-Futamata station just down the hill.

 

Tsugaru-Imabetsu will die by 2015, as that's when the Shinkansen is slated to open.