Every metro interior should strive to look like a wood-paneled station wagon
My city has been planning to have a metro for 50 years, and they only started building it this year, so yeah.
I can't wait for my city to finish! It's going to be done by the time I'm in college!1
1 My kids will be in college before the newest scheduled completion date.
I mean, the older ones looked cooler:
Show
But more people can travel in the newer ones. A bit more comfortable too:
Show
This especific metro units belong to the Series 200 from China. So, is something.
If only the neolibs, who have been in power of Bs.As for almost two decades, expanded the metro system...
yeah the second pic looks like every subway system in mainland China (HK is old and run down though)
Same. Hate to openly dox myself but didn’t expect to see pictures of my local train line posted on hexbear today.
Close enough. The Hankyu-Hanshin line covers a huge area.
I find it interesting the Hankyu line has this welcoming old-fashioned aesthetic but the Hanshin line resembles a metal tube, closer to an inner city metro style despite being part of the same company.
There’s probably some commentary here about the socio-economic status and reputation of the areas each one serves but I’ve met people who vastly prefer the Hanshin style and whenever I’ve tried to have that discussion before people start sprouting the WILDEST shit so I’ve been avoiding it.
aaaaa I have so many questions
Are buses in Osaka as terrible as I think they are? Aren't they like every 30 minutes or worse on most routes?
If I was to ever go to Kansai what would be a hidden attraction that I should see?
Have you ever been to 武田尾駅? Gods I want to go there.
Have you ever been to the model train cat cafe?
Please pardon my hyperfixation, wtypstan is experiencing technical difficulties.
Also I'm wondering if you're thinking of the rest of Hankyu's network, this is actually a Kita-Osaka Kyuko 9000 series, which is a separate company from Hankyu but like Nosaden is a subsidiary of Hankyu.
Are buses in Osaka as terrible as I think they are? Aren't they like every 30 minutes or worse on most routes?
Only caught buses on the edge of Osaka but I presume they're the same throughout. Pretty small and don't come often. Anytime I take a bus in Japan I'm kind of frustrated a train wouldn't have worked instead.
Have you ever been to the model train cat cafe?
Yes actually! It was cool. I went when it was max capacity and some of the people were very into playing and being close with the cats so it was difficult to get time with them but still worth going.
Have you ever been to 武田尾駅? Gods I want to go there.
This is super interesting. Is there any specific appeal besides the design and the hiking path nearby? I could go this weekend if the weather is good.
If I was to ever go to Kansai what would be a hidden attraction that I should see?
Before I would have recommended the myoken-no-mori funicular, but sadly it stopped running last year. There's another inbetween Kyoto and Osaka I haven't visited yet. I might have more answers if I think about this one for a bit.
this is actually a Kita-Osaka Kyuko 9000 series
I knew that some Hankyu trains run on Osaka metro lines where they share service but not about this, interesting. I looked them up and theres a few way they differ but you can tell they're originally Hankyu stock.
Thanks for all the responses! The Kita-Osaka Kyuko line is basically just an extension of the Midosuji line further north. Why it's not part of the Osaka Metro officially I can't say. A new two-station extension opened last month!
The appeal of Takedao Station to me is the frequent trains (4 trains per hour) to what is essentially a rural location. The walking path of the old rail route looks fun, and the ryokan nearby looks nice too.
The Nosaden Myoken Line is a beautiful train line with trains every 10 minutes, so it's definitely worth a trip anyway.
Show
Oh and if you go to Takedao Station please take pictures and post them here. I'll pin them to the front of this comm.
Hey so just to follow up on this.
I went to Takedao and I have some photos that I need to scrub of data, but i'm not sure if it fits into urbanism?
There's about five buildings there total and the train station is INSIDE the mountain tunnel. You access it through two sets of stairs attached to the side of the mountain.
I did walk down the old train tracks which are now a hiking path, very cool, many bugs.
Yes, definitely will do.
I've taken the JR line through Takedao to it's endpoint before (kinosaki onsen) and there's a few cities inbetween, as well as a lot of property development in the Sanda area, although I think this targets motorists and those commuting to the Kobe area more.
Berlin still has some wagons with wood paneling, too. They don't look exactly like this, and i think they make up a pretty small percentage of their subway, but this look used to be extremely common.
Berlin
I was going to say, this looks strikingly like some older Siemens light rail cars I've been on in the distant past.
no, poland. in warsaw we still use some old wagons with wood paneling that looks really REALLY similar
aaaaaaa trying not to be a weeb rn but I wanna go to kansai so badddd
Wood panelling (but more Victorian era than this) and also windows that can be opened (just put grated wire over them if your worried about some moron sticking their head out). They should bring back big in carriage ceiling fans too, blew my mind when I saw subway trains used to have those
If the upholstery were a different color and the floor were smeared with some combination of salt, sand, dirt, and water, even in May... I'd swear this were the MBTA commuter rail.
but at what cost???
