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What is the house of the railway house?
In Japan, tram culture has a long history, and around the love of electric cars, it has gradually formed a unique cultural group: railway house / tram house.
The railway houses talked about the trams. They not only know the train operation system, but also the private iron companies.
In this circle, any detail about the tram can be a proud talk, and the love of the tram can also be seen as a learning and understanding of the tram gauge parameters, signal system, scheduling methods, etc. .
Under the influence of the railway house friends (daily 唠叨), I gradually understand the fun of the tram culture. This article is to say, what are the unique communication symbols of the railway houses.
An old-fashioned tram driving position on the Izu Peninsula. The train is driving when photographed, this is the empty cab at the rear.
1. Platform Melody
A qualified railway house must be able to distinguish the music from the noise of the noisy people when the train enters the station.
Many stations in Japan have unique music and close ringtones. For stations with many lines, the two opposite directions also have different sounds.
For example, JR East Japan has 380 different inbound music, although it is only a few seconds, but the catchy melody is easy to leave memories, and even you can’t help but blew all the way out after leaving the station. The whistle of the same melody.
So in general, rail houses sit on the JR tram, as long as the ears are erected, you can know which station to reach before the voice station.
B station has a heart-wrenching 80-minute full 380 music car music! The tram house must listen to the track list! There are also 13 hours of JR station music collection, which is estimated to be suitable for insomnia.
Screenshot: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av900536?from=search&seid=17220588777414432117
There are also CDs that you can buy and listen to.
Screenshot: http://www.billboard-japan.com/goods/detail/189432
Not only that, but the employees of the tram company will also open their minds and implant eggs in the music to reflect the regional characteristics of the platform.
For example, Takada Racecourse (near the home of Tezuka Osamu) The inbound music is the familiar Astro Boy theme song.
JR Oimachi Station is close to Japan’s famous Four Seasons Theater. They set up the music in both the up and down directions as the first chapter of the Four Seasons and the third chapter of Autumn.
Dora A Dream Hometown Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, also used the “Song of A Dream” as the starting music.
This station is not only full of Doraemon color, but also has any door on the platform!
Source: https://dora-world.com/contents/886
In addition to meeting local features, some will catch up with current hot spots.
When the magical animals were broadcast last year, the music on several stations on the Yamanote Line was replaced with the Harry Potter theme melody. Tokyo Rinkai Expressway Oimachi Station, when the Four Seasons Troupe has a popular show, the music is released.Will be replaced with the corresponding theme music.
2. Railway vehicles
The Japanese tram is operated by the former state railway JR(Japan Railway) and various private railway companies. There are many lines and the form of vehicles between different lines. Different colors and different power systems are used.
To go to a variety of vehicles is the wish of every railway house. Among them, the retro steam locomotive is one of the preferred experience targets for railway houses.
The Japanese rail transit has a long history, from steam locomotives, pneumatic vehicles (diesel) to trams that are now commonly used, etc. The update history. The picture shows the JR railway vehicle inventory: a history of the development of a live tram.
Screenshot: http://www.uraken.net/rail/alltrain/index.html
A calendar containing the operation schedule of the Japanese steam train line is one of the best gifts for friends on the railway house.
Source: https://www.amazon.co.jp
Many open-air museums and parks preserve the steam heads of the Meiji and Showa eras in the form of railway monuments. They are a favorite background for tourists.
Some scenic spots will also be launched on a steam car during the cherry blossom season or the red leaf season. The resurrection of this steam locomotive is very popular and it is hard to find a ticket on holidays.
Kyoto Line Chiba Port: C61 steam engine car resurrection operation. Photography: Li Jin Jinhao
A steam train line that is in operation on the road. Photography: Jiang Fan
Photographed with the old railroad in New England, USA. There are also many memorial parks in the United States, but there are very few people coming to visit, and education is far less popular than Japan.
Some railway houses often go to some remote counties and cities to look for surprises. Because some private iron companies have difficulties in operating and have no money to change new cars, the railway houses can sit there and keep the “antique cars.”
Okinawa Monorail Line. This straddle design is relatively rare in the tram system, and many people come to check in. Photography: Li Jin Jinhao
Kanagawa Prefecture, which is very close to Tokyo, has such a magical route: Shonan モノレール, which uses a suspension monorail, which is called a clear stream. It is close to the famous tourist areas of Kamakura and Enoshima, attracting many tourists to come to check in.
The station of this line is also different from the general station, and the platform is built on the upper floor of the office building. The carriage is new and the noise is small.
Location: Big Ship ~ Fujimi-machi section, photography: Li Jin Jin is good
3. Sightseeing train
For the railway homes, the most anticipated thing in the trip is not the destination, but the experience of taking the train along the way.
For this reason, the special sightseeing routes launched by major railway companies are popular with railway houses, which are mainly featuring beautiful scenery along the way and unique train services.
The fat line to and from Kumamoto, Renji and Jisong(Isaburo Shinpyeong) was rated as the top three cars in Japan by old Japanese state-owned railway One of the window views.
Not a luxurious interior. There are large viewing windows on the car.
There is also a train line that is the main luxury experience. It is packaged and sold with travel packages. Like the top restaurants, it is difficult to make reservations.
For example, the seven-star train of JR Kyushu and the Four Seasons Island train of JR East Japan, the probability of selection of the shake number is less than 20%. The four-day, three-night trip single-family suite of the Four Seasons Island train is priced at more than 700,000 yen, and the best suites are as high as 1.4 million.
Introduction link:
Seven Stars https://www.cruisetrain-sevenstars.jp/train/
Four Seasons Island https://www.jreast.co.jp/shiki-shima/
Poverty railway houses are impossible to take. When passing the platform, everyone has taken out their mobile phones to take pictures… The people inside the car saw an estimated feeling of “welcome” and “everything flat”.
4. “Anime” Train
In Japan, an animation country, railway house andThe animation house must have a certain cross, so the special tram lines jointly launched by the railway company and various animation IPs are also very popular among them.
On the anime-themed train, there will be not only the theme of the body painting and decoration, but also the custom-themed souvenirs and lunches will be sold in the car.
The One Pie series tram launched by Keikyu Company in Tokyo some time ago (July 8th to September 16th, 2019) From Shinagawa and Haneda Airport, you can sit on the Miura Coast.
This joint event also includes a project on a natural floating island in Tokyo Bay, where the floating island is used as a “banquet island” for pirates to eat and drink (look at the promotional video as if it is the main barbeque and beer).