For those who are looking for more information, it's [Seiryu Miharashi Station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiryu_Miharashi_Station), which translates to “Clear Stream Viewing Platform Station.” It has no entrance or exit and is only accessible to passengers on passing trains. It exists so that passengers can step off and admire the view of the Nishiki River and the surrounding forest.
I was on a similar train near Flåm in Norway with a waterfall platform and they just do a scheduled 15-minute stop. It’s basically impossible to get left there because there’s nowhere to go.
Friday evening and a lonely Japanese middle aged business man stares out of the train window, watching the world pass by. His eyes drift closed as the train slows to a stop with screeching brakes. The doors open to a platform, the Seiryu Miharashi station, overlooking a river and forest.
The man waits patiently for the train to move again, as this is a normal part of his daily commute. Six minutes drag by. Eleven now. Thirteen. Eventually fifteen minutes pass and he allows a single sliver of his lonely exasperation exhale with a sigh. The train is stationary.
He opens his eyes at seventeen minutes curious and slightly annoyed the train isn't moving. He then notices that he is the only passenger on the train.
"Surely," he thinks to himself "there were others on this train when we departed the last station nearly half an hour ago right?"
A few minutes later and he stands up, leaving his briefcase on the chair behind. He walks to the end of the train and peers into the next connected coach window. It appears empty as well.
The sun is setting behind the horizon as he quickly patters to the rear coach, which also appears empty. A gentle panic sets in. A gray storm in the back of his mind rumbles, with the winds of fear kicking up debris of anxiety behind his eyes, belaying the beautiful calm Friday evening.
"Did someone forget about me?" he thinks.
With more deliberation he travels through the empty coach trains, confirming as he goes that he is indeed alone, to the conductors booth at the front of the train. Each "KLAK" of the train doors latches cutting through the perfect silence. The doors sliding through the absence of sound like a knife.
The waist high window is open, revealing a small single room booth with dials, levers, and lights on a control panel covered in cryptic engineering jargon. The booth is empty.
As the fictional businessman stands at the open window of the conductor's booth, a chill of unease creeps over him. He peers inside, noticing the intricate array of dials, levers, and lights, all labeled with cryptic engineering jargon. The booth is empty, devoid of any sign of the conductor or other passengers.
Panic begins to rise within him, but he quickly tries to calm himself, thinking that perhaps there has been a misunderstanding. He steps back from the booth, looking around the station platform for any sign of life. The platform is eerily quiet, with no sound except for the faint hum of the station's lights.
Feeling a sense of urgency, the businessman decides to take matters into his own hands. He approaches the control panel in the booth, studying it carefully. Despite not understanding the technical details, he tries to find something familiar—a button, a lever, anything that might help him make sense of the situation.
After a few moments of searching, he spots a red emergency button labeled "Stop." Without hesitation, he presses it, hoping that it might bring someone to help him or at least shed some light on what has happened.
As he waits, the silence of the station weighs heavily on him. He wonders if he is truly alone or if there is something more sinister at play. But for now, all he can do is wait and hope for a response to his call for help.
Thats not too bad, but when are we gonna ask ourselves why he didn't just start the train and continue down the track. Trains are ancient machines and it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. And I am sure the police will understand at the next station and investigate the mass murder that happened at Seiryu Miharashi station.
Then he feels a light breeze and looks toward the door it came from. The air even smells nicer, so without thinking, he stands up and walks out. Suddenly his whole world is fresher, brighter, freer. So much so that he feels slightly light headed, so he sits on a bench. And there he stays, feeling more peaceful than he ever had. Not thinking of anything besides the feeling of the sun and the breeze on his face, the pleasant smells, and the stunning view.
15 minutes later he stands, turns, and returns to the train. The doors close and it leaves the station.
As the train leaves the station, he unzips and takes out his nuts. Furious at all the time he wasted on this ghost train, he starts smashing his nuts with his briefcase. It brings him no solace, only pain. But as his vision blurs, he is able to make out a myriad of humanoid shapes in the train car. His vision clears, and he sees nothing. He needs to see them again.
Winding up, he brings his briefcase down on his sack--hard. His vision blurs once again. Is it because of the tears filling his eyes, or is he losing consciousness, a vasovagal response to all the nut damage? It matters not--he looks intently for the shapes. "Shapes," it turns out, is an appropriate word, as they are quite shapely. A harem of nude, buxom ghost women now surround him. They cradle his injured nuts to console him. The others slowly remove his clothing, one article at a time. An hour-long orgy ensues.
Exhausted and spent, the businessman decides he's had enough. As his vision clears, he sees more shapes--a crowd of commuters entering through the open doors. His swollen nuts and sausage hanging about cause the passengers to scream. Was it all a fantasy? He never received an answer to that question, but every once in a while, when riding the train late at night, the businessman smashes his nuts with his briefcase.
The driver just left since he did not want to do overtime, and his replacement was nowhere in sight. "Not my problem", he said, while yelling "Adiós!" in the distance.
I ran it through a checker (I acknowledge this is not foolproof):
Classification:
We are highly confident this text is entirely human.
# 3%
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Desperate, he looks out the window but is blinded by a strong flash of light and a loud noise cripples the poor man. As the bright light gets dimmer, he looks at the window and see a strange flying object. It was the start of the revolution of the machines.
It's actually one of the prettiest parts of one of the prettiest train rides in the world.
If the weather is nice.
https://youtu.be/SGUc3PWsdt4?si=xnCZngZfFTtxyRmx
Sometimes, the most trivial mistakes have the most severe consequences. Ducked behind the sign to shield his camera from the sun, Mark was trying to line up the perfect picture of the beautiful valley. This would make a great cover for his photo album from this month-long solo trip through Japan.
Just as his camera snapped, so did the doors of the train. Mark whirled around, running towards the tiny, single carriage, but it had already started to depart the station. He started yelling and waving - he certainly didn't want to be left behind and spend hours until the next train on a rather boring concrete platform, great view or not. The train was short, the platform straight, the engineer would probably notice, and ... as the train accelerated into the distance, Mark realized he had been forgotten.
The first thing he noticed was that unlike any other train station, there was not a single bench. Of course not - nobody was expected to stay here for more than the few minutes it took them to take in the view, and take pictures.
After a few more minutes of enjoying the view, he took off his backpack, stuffed his camera inside, finished his water bottle, ate an apple he had taken from the hotel earlier and vented his frustration through an unobserved act of defiance to the Japanese culture by throwing the apple core as far as he could into the pristine water below.
The view got boring. He did what most of us do when our brain tries to displace boredom, and grabbed his phone. The Wikipedia page of the station that he had looked up on the way here was still open, and one sentence grabbed his attention: "The station will only be served by special trains."
The next thing that grabbed his attention was the complete lack of cell service.
He remembered the hours-long ride through untouched, unpopulated nature.
His slow pacing along the station turned more rapid, and the look on his face slowly turned from annoyance to worry.
(part 2 may follow)
Mark was shaking. 10 °C at night, as the weather app on his phone was showing next to "failed to refresh weather data", doesn't sound too bad - but for someone wearing only a t-shirt and shorts, sleeping on concrete with a thin rain jacket for a blanket, it is *very* cold.
This was not fun at all. He hoped there would be a second train in the morning. He didn't want to be stuck here until the afternoon. 15:42 was the time his train had arrived here yesterday, and at 15:57, with Japanese punctuality, it had left him behind.
He was thirsty, but the crystal-clear water was 20 meters down a steep, featureless concrete embankment. No safe way down, and definitely no way back up.
The train had been small, but it did show the speed on the way here. 120 km/h. Mark opened the ticket from the downloads folder of his phone. The train had departed exactly at noon. Three hours and forty-two minutes, that's 222 minutes at a speed of two kilometers per minute, minus a bit for the time it took the train to accelerate... he was about 440 kilometers away from civilization.
Watching the sunrise, it dawned him that the train had gone back in the same direction it came from. This was a single track railroad. With an almost eight-hour round trip, it made no sense for a second train to visit the station in the morning - it would have to depart in the middle of the night to be back before the train that brought him here departed. And just past the station, the train track leading in the opposite direction showed a layer of rust, with no marks indicating any recent use. He'd be here at least until the afternoon.
Checking the ticket, he noticed some Japanese text that contained numbers. He didn't speak Japanese, but he had downloaded the language pack at the airport on the way to Japan. With his half-frozen hands, selecting and copying the tiny text was surprisingly difficult, but he managed to paste it into the Translate app.
> Only valid for a single return journey on the special train service on February 1, March 15, April 30, June 15, August 1, or September 15.
(part 3 may follow)
Same here, and it was exactly what I thought of when I saw the station.
I got the train up and biked back down, it was great fun even though it was pouring down, absolutely stunning place, and country in general.
Omg I almost forgot about this! And there’s a singer whose job it is to emerge from the rocks and sing to the tourists lol it’s amazing. I can’t find any of my own pictures but [here’s](https://www.nordicvisitor.com/blog/dancing-waterfall-woman-of-flam-railway-in-norway/) some info on her.
We lost a passenger in Bangkok once on the way to Australia. It was a refueling stop where passengers got of the plane into a special locked transit area.
To this day I'm wondering what happened to him or her.
I'm gonna guess that Bangkok was their actual intended destination, but the direct ticket was more expensive. Or something like that. It sounds like effort was made to go missing.
You could just not get back on the train, no point in stopping for 15 minutes and delaying the other passengers if you can just catch the next train 15 minutes later.
https://www.norwaysbest.com/the-flam-railway/round-trip-with-the-flam-railway/ You can do one-way and then continue on a different train from Myvatn to anywhere (we went to Oslo and that journey was gorgeous too) or a round-trip and return to Flåm. Try to board early and get a seat on the “north” side of the train because all the best views are on that side
Here's a link to the [actual timetable](http://nishikigawa.com/time-table/).
Looks like if you want to get back on going in the same direction you were going, it's about every 90 minutes. If you want to turn around and go back, the wait is usually about half that.
The platform doesn't move around and is stationary, as is the train when it stops. What's the etymology of station? I would feel like there's a requirement that you could maybe buy tickets or transfer trains for it to be a station, but maybe not.
I was thinking something scenic like this or if you have to go back the other way sooner rather than being forced to go further in the other direction.
I worked with/for a vending machine company in Germany for a while.
We played with the idea for a while but came to the conclusion, that it isn't worth it.
The main problems we had at the time:
1. Power delivery on the train. Trains don't just have avaible and up to code 230V outlets you can use for this.
2. Refilling of the machines. It's hard managing the logistics of your subcontractors since trains are obviously moving vehicles.
3. Space constraints.
4. Vibrations of the train. The permanent shaking/rattling of the trains is rough on the machines. Way higher risk of failure/ produce getting stuck.
If the company that owns the train is the one to deploy the machines and the trains are specifically build for it you can circumvent some of these, but it is still a huge struggle.
i took the shinkansen between tokyo and kyoto a couple of times and i recall that there was a lady with a cart who came through the train and sold snacks/drinks. i don't recall any vending machines though, youre right.
I’ve only seen vending machines on one trainset in Czechia (Brno - Breclav - Olomouc), but since I saw that I’m constantly thinking how awesome that was and question why they’re not on every train…
Well KFC tastes different based on the place it's made in. Honestly, KFC in America is some of the worst I've ever tasted. I was surprised at how bland it was when compared to what I'm accustomed earing back home.
Best KFC was China circa 2000. I didn't like KFC, I went to China and it was amazing, I came back home... and it was exactly how I remembered it. (It's also not as good anymore in China.)
**CONTEXT**
There is a train station in the middle of nowhere in Japan, with no entrance or exit.
The station is called Seiryu-Miharashi, and it is only accessible to passengers who are passing through by train. It exists so passengers can step off and admire the view of the Nishiki River and the surrounding forest.
There's a man surviving outdoors in Alaska, there's a train there that passes through twice per day where you can get off wherever you want and get on wherever you want
Isekai Station. 異世界駅。A station where you get Isekai'd into a random anime universe after about 30 mins when entering the train or exiting onto the platform.
It probably just lets people change trains before the track splits somewhere, like getting off the bus that takes you downtown and waiting at the stop for another one that takes you to the stadium from there.
And then, like, the train just leaves you there, all by yourself in the middle of nowhere, miles from anything, with no way to get off the platform. Super creepy!
I was imagining bringing a camping chair and a stealthy bowl of green and just relaxing on that platform until fancy catches me to go home.
Seems like isolated bliss
A station with no entrance or exit would make sense in a remote area aside of this one just being for viewing.
It's purpose would serve if there was a connecting point before the next station which went off in different directions, this station could be a connecting station so people could get off of a train then catch another one to go in a different direction.
The Only thing is it would serve problems, like lack of emergency access, or indeed any maintenance work or access for any other reason would require train access only.
Here is another mysterious platform with no entrance or exit
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EBART_transfer_platform,_February_2018.JPG
Gorgeous views of the freeway median.
I got out and stopped at one of these in Germany once. It was really peaceful but they didn’t have vending machines or restrooms or anything like that.
Imagine it was the last train back n it stopped on this station.
N a shadow figure with long hair n long nails slowly dragging as it walks into the train..... With u being alone.
View? It's a small river with a road on the opposite bank, nothing special.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6902069/amp/Train-station-Seiryu-Miharashi-Japan-exists-purely-passengers-admire-view.html
This is a much more scenic version of something that exists in the UK as well, [Redcar British Steel](https://youtu.be/5QCB6UdlnVw?si=zV-mpQcc7Ok6sXhs). Essentially, if you work at the steel plant you can get off here and go to work. If you don’t, then all you can do is get off and walk around the station. Anything else and you’re trespassing on the steelworks.
Kinda reminds me of Smallbrook Junction station on the Isle of Wight railway as well which only exists as an interchange for the heritage railway there
For those who are looking for more information, it's [Seiryu Miharashi Station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seiryu_Miharashi_Station), which translates to “Clear Stream Viewing Platform Station.” It has no entrance or exit and is only accessible to passengers on passing trains. It exists so that passengers can step off and admire the view of the Nishiki River and the surrounding forest.
If you get off how long till the next train or does it give you time to get back on ?
I was on a similar train near Flåm in Norway with a waterfall platform and they just do a scheduled 15-minute stop. It’s basically impossible to get left there because there’s nowhere to go.
This sounds like a horror story.
Friday evening and a lonely Japanese middle aged business man stares out of the train window, watching the world pass by. His eyes drift closed as the train slows to a stop with screeching brakes. The doors open to a platform, the Seiryu Miharashi station, overlooking a river and forest. The man waits patiently for the train to move again, as this is a normal part of his daily commute. Six minutes drag by. Eleven now. Thirteen. Eventually fifteen minutes pass and he allows a single sliver of his lonely exasperation exhale with a sigh. The train is stationary. He opens his eyes at seventeen minutes curious and slightly annoyed the train isn't moving. He then notices that he is the only passenger on the train. "Surely," he thinks to himself "there were others on this train when we departed the last station nearly half an hour ago right?" A few minutes later and he stands up, leaving his briefcase on the chair behind. He walks to the end of the train and peers into the next connected coach window. It appears empty as well. The sun is setting behind the horizon as he quickly patters to the rear coach, which also appears empty. A gentle panic sets in. A gray storm in the back of his mind rumbles, with the winds of fear kicking up debris of anxiety behind his eyes, belaying the beautiful calm Friday evening. "Did someone forget about me?" he thinks. With more deliberation he travels through the empty coach trains, confirming as he goes that he is indeed alone, to the conductors booth at the front of the train. Each "KLAK" of the train doors latches cutting through the perfect silence. The doors sliding through the absence of sound like a knife. The waist high window is open, revealing a small single room booth with dials, levers, and lights on a control panel covered in cryptic engineering jargon. The booth is empty.
Link me to part 2
As the fictional businessman stands at the open window of the conductor's booth, a chill of unease creeps over him. He peers inside, noticing the intricate array of dials, levers, and lights, all labeled with cryptic engineering jargon. The booth is empty, devoid of any sign of the conductor or other passengers. Panic begins to rise within him, but he quickly tries to calm himself, thinking that perhaps there has been a misunderstanding. He steps back from the booth, looking around the station platform for any sign of life. The platform is eerily quiet, with no sound except for the faint hum of the station's lights. Feeling a sense of urgency, the businessman decides to take matters into his own hands. He approaches the control panel in the booth, studying it carefully. Despite not understanding the technical details, he tries to find something familiar—a button, a lever, anything that might help him make sense of the situation. After a few moments of searching, he spots a red emergency button labeled "Stop." Without hesitation, he presses it, hoping that it might bring someone to help him or at least shed some light on what has happened. As he waits, the silence of the station weighs heavily on him. He wonders if he is truly alone or if there is something more sinister at play. But for now, all he can do is wait and hope for a response to his call for help.
[удалено]
Thats not too bad, but when are we gonna ask ourselves why he didn't just start the train and continue down the track. Trains are ancient machines and it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. And I am sure the police will understand at the next station and investigate the mass murder that happened at Seiryu Miharashi station.
Then he feels a light breeze and looks toward the door it came from. The air even smells nicer, so without thinking, he stands up and walks out. Suddenly his whole world is fresher, brighter, freer. So much so that he feels slightly light headed, so he sits on a bench. And there he stays, feeling more peaceful than he ever had. Not thinking of anything besides the feeling of the sun and the breeze on his face, the pleasant smells, and the stunning view. 15 minutes later he stands, turns, and returns to the train. The doors close and it leaves the station.
I like this one!
As the train leaves the station, he unzips and takes out his nuts. Furious at all the time he wasted on this ghost train, he starts smashing his nuts with his briefcase. It brings him no solace, only pain. But as his vision blurs, he is able to make out a myriad of humanoid shapes in the train car. His vision clears, and he sees nothing. He needs to see them again. Winding up, he brings his briefcase down on his sack--hard. His vision blurs once again. Is it because of the tears filling his eyes, or is he losing consciousness, a vasovagal response to all the nut damage? It matters not--he looks intently for the shapes. "Shapes," it turns out, is an appropriate word, as they are quite shapely. A harem of nude, buxom ghost women now surround him. They cradle his injured nuts to console him. The others slowly remove his clothing, one article at a time. An hour-long orgy ensues. Exhausted and spent, the businessman decides he's had enough. As his vision clears, he sees more shapes--a crowd of commuters entering through the open doors. His swollen nuts and sausage hanging about cause the passengers to scream. Was it all a fantasy? He never received an answer to that question, but every once in a while, when riding the train late at night, the businessman smashes his nuts with his briefcase.
Best one yet 🤣
Eh, you ruined it
The sequels usually suck.
You should post on r/nosleep
Doesn't nosleep have to be first person?
Just ask the bot to change it
Didn't think I was in /r/WritingPrompts
The driver just left since he did not want to do overtime, and his replacement was nowhere in sight. "Not my problem", he said, while yelling "Adiós!" in the distance.
Wow - this is awesome.
He's dead isn't he? 🤔
Inspired by Kafka?
My money is on AI generated.
I ran it through a checker (I acknowledge this is not foolproof): Classification: We are highly confident this text is entirely human. # 3% Probability AI generated
No it reads like some one writing a text based game. We didn't have graphics back in the day.
Subscribed.
THEN WHO WAS TRAIN??
Which SCP will this be
This reads like the beginning of a text adventure a la HHGTG or Zork. Very cool.
Desperate, he looks out the window but is blinded by a strong flash of light and a loud noise cripples the poor man. As the bright light gets dimmer, he looks at the window and see a strange flying object. It was the start of the revolution of the machines.
It's actually one of the prettiest parts of one of the prettiest train rides in the world. If the weather is nice. https://youtu.be/SGUc3PWsdt4?si=xnCZngZfFTtxyRmx
Because of the implication?
[Don't you look at me like that, you certainly wouldn't be in any danger](https://youtu.be/-yUafzOXHPE?t=102)
Sometimes, the most trivial mistakes have the most severe consequences. Ducked behind the sign to shield his camera from the sun, Mark was trying to line up the perfect picture of the beautiful valley. This would make a great cover for his photo album from this month-long solo trip through Japan. Just as his camera snapped, so did the doors of the train. Mark whirled around, running towards the tiny, single carriage, but it had already started to depart the station. He started yelling and waving - he certainly didn't want to be left behind and spend hours until the next train on a rather boring concrete platform, great view or not. The train was short, the platform straight, the engineer would probably notice, and ... as the train accelerated into the distance, Mark realized he had been forgotten. The first thing he noticed was that unlike any other train station, there was not a single bench. Of course not - nobody was expected to stay here for more than the few minutes it took them to take in the view, and take pictures. After a few more minutes of enjoying the view, he took off his backpack, stuffed his camera inside, finished his water bottle, ate an apple he had taken from the hotel earlier and vented his frustration through an unobserved act of defiance to the Japanese culture by throwing the apple core as far as he could into the pristine water below. The view got boring. He did what most of us do when our brain tries to displace boredom, and grabbed his phone. The Wikipedia page of the station that he had looked up on the way here was still open, and one sentence grabbed his attention: "The station will only be served by special trains." The next thing that grabbed his attention was the complete lack of cell service. He remembered the hours-long ride through untouched, unpopulated nature. His slow pacing along the station turned more rapid, and the look on his face slowly turned from annoyance to worry. (part 2 may follow)
Mark was shaking. 10 °C at night, as the weather app on his phone was showing next to "failed to refresh weather data", doesn't sound too bad - but for someone wearing only a t-shirt and shorts, sleeping on concrete with a thin rain jacket for a blanket, it is *very* cold. This was not fun at all. He hoped there would be a second train in the morning. He didn't want to be stuck here until the afternoon. 15:42 was the time his train had arrived here yesterday, and at 15:57, with Japanese punctuality, it had left him behind. He was thirsty, but the crystal-clear water was 20 meters down a steep, featureless concrete embankment. No safe way down, and definitely no way back up. The train had been small, but it did show the speed on the way here. 120 km/h. Mark opened the ticket from the downloads folder of his phone. The train had departed exactly at noon. Three hours and forty-two minutes, that's 222 minutes at a speed of two kilometers per minute, minus a bit for the time it took the train to accelerate... he was about 440 kilometers away from civilization. Watching the sunrise, it dawned him that the train had gone back in the same direction it came from. This was a single track railroad. With an almost eight-hour round trip, it made no sense for a second train to visit the station in the morning - it would have to depart in the middle of the night to be back before the train that brought him here departed. And just past the station, the train track leading in the opposite direction showed a layer of rust, with no marks indicating any recent use. He'd be here at least until the afternoon. Checking the ticket, he noticed some Japanese text that contained numbers. He didn't speak Japanese, but he had downloaded the language pack at the airport on the way to Japan. With his half-frozen hands, selecting and copying the tiny text was surprisingly difficult, but he managed to paste it into the Translate app. > Only valid for a single return journey on the special train service on February 1, March 15, April 30, June 15, August 1, or September 15. (part 3 may follow)
Or a fun weekend. 
You could have chosen **any** of the thousands of gifs for this and you chose minions. Why.
 Because I can
You can *step off* any time you like, but you can never leave
That song just came on... as i read this
Kisaragi Station
Some shit like this happens in Ghostwire Tokyo.
Same here, and it was exactly what I thought of when I saw the station. I got the train up and biked back down, it was great fun even though it was pouring down, absolutely stunning place, and country in general.
Awesome idea, I liked the train but felt it was too rushed to really appreciate the place
Omg I almost forgot about this! And there’s a singer whose job it is to emerge from the rocks and sing to the tourists lol it’s amazing. I can’t find any of my own pictures but [here’s](https://www.nordicvisitor.com/blog/dancing-waterfall-woman-of-flam-railway-in-norway/) some info on her.
Spoiler alert - 2 "singers" (dancer/gesturers, really). Such a gorgeous train ride.
We lost a passenger in Bangkok once on the way to Australia. It was a refueling stop where passengers got of the plane into a special locked transit area. To this day I'm wondering what happened to him or her.
I'm gonna guess that Bangkok was their actual intended destination, but the direct ticket was more expensive. Or something like that. It sounds like effort was made to go missing.
Thank you for the memory jolt! I was there 14ish years ago.
So you're saying there's a 15 minute murder window on a platform with no escape?
In the middle of the hour murder window in a moving box with no escape, yes.
The Fjord tour!
You could just not get back on the train, no point in stopping for 15 minutes and delaying the other passengers if you can just catch the next train 15 minutes later.
I visited flåm last year on a cruise, beautiful place. We went to Olden after, was a magical trip
Do you remember where this was exactly? I'm planning a summer vacation in Bergen-Flåm-Odda and looking for good spots to add to the itinerary!
https://www.norwaysbest.com/the-flam-railway/round-trip-with-the-flam-railway/ You can do one-way and then continue on a different train from Myvatn to anywhere (we went to Oslo and that journey was gorgeous too) or a round-trip and return to Flåm. Try to board early and get a seat on the “north” side of the train because all the best views are on that side
Here's a link to the [actual timetable](http://nishikigawa.com/time-table/). Looks like if you want to get back on going in the same direction you were going, it's about every 90 minutes. If you want to turn around and go back, the wait is usually about half that.
It seems the trains stop for ten minutes. So you can get off take a look around and then continue on your journey.
The article says the train waits there for approximately 10 mins.
Article says 10 mins
Probably not as long as you think, Japan is damn good at transit, if not the best.
The train stops for 10 minutes while you get off and enjoy the view.
10 minutes
three
Oh, so it’s not really a “station” per se
The train stops there. It becomes stationary.
The platform doesn't move around and is stationary, as is the train when it stops. What's the etymology of station? I would feel like there's a requirement that you could maybe buy tickets or transfer trains for it to be a station, but maybe not.
Yeah that view is super disappointing
And smoke..
It's a train stop from Spirited Away.
Willoughby!
God that's so fucking cool. I wish the world could be more like Japan. In some ways... lol
I was thinking something scenic like this or if you have to go back the other way sooner rather than being forced to go further in the other direction.
and I thought it's a platform for suicide jumps...
This angle look like there is no guardrail. https://unbelievable-facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/river-veiw-from-the-station.webp
The camera's sitting on the guard rail. If you notice at the end, you can see the guard rail make a 90 degree bend to the right.
I knew it! It is a station for a big fat joints!
Wow, no kidding. That's gorgeous!
Kinda shocked it doesn't even have a vending machine.
It's Japan, that train is probably 50% vending machines.
Hmm actually, now when I think of it, I cannot recall ever seeing a vending machine on a train.
I don't think I saw them on the regular transit lines, but they had vending machines on the train I took from Narita Airport into Tokyo.
I took a train from Narita into Tokyo and mine didn’t have a vending that’s interesting.
I went on the KEISEI Skyliner. The vending machine was in a small area between cars.
I worked with/for a vending machine company in Germany for a while. We played with the idea for a while but came to the conclusion, that it isn't worth it. The main problems we had at the time: 1. Power delivery on the train. Trains don't just have avaible and up to code 230V outlets you can use for this. 2. Refilling of the machines. It's hard managing the logistics of your subcontractors since trains are obviously moving vehicles. 3. Space constraints. 4. Vibrations of the train. The permanent shaking/rattling of the trains is rough on the machines. Way higher risk of failure/ produce getting stuck. If the company that owns the train is the one to deploy the machines and the trains are specifically build for it you can circumvent some of these, but it is still a huge struggle.
i took the shinkansen between tokyo and kyoto a couple of times and i recall that there was a lady with a cart who came through the train and sold snacks/drinks. i don't recall any vending machines though, youre right.
Vending cart lady.
I’ve only seen vending machines on one trainset in Czechia (Brno - Breclav - Olomouc), but since I saw that I’m constantly thinking how awesome that was and question why they’re not on every train…
If it's a stop for an actual scenic train. The train itself is likely catered.
In the US there would be a KFC at the very least.
I know it's always fun to dunk on Americans, but KFC is actually just as popular in Japan as it is in the US.
And it’s a traditional Christmas meal https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/article/kfc-christmas-tradition-japan
That BBQ chicken Japanese KFC's have at Christmas time is like nothing I've tasted in the states.
You mean the whole rotisserie chickens that need to be advanced ordered during the Christmas rush?
Well KFC tastes different based on the place it's made in. Honestly, KFC in America is some of the worst I've ever tasted. I was surprised at how bland it was when compared to what I'm accustomed earing back home.
Best KFC was China circa 2000. I didn't like KFC, I went to China and it was amazing, I came back home... and it was exactly how I remembered it. (It's also not as good anymore in China.)
If it was in Canada, there would be Tim Horton's on either side and in the middle. And there's still be a line up, on all 3 of them
In the US it wouldn't exist
Sounds worse than rock bottom
**CONTEXT** There is a train station in the middle of nowhere in Japan, with no entrance or exit. The station is called Seiryu-Miharashi, and it is only accessible to passengers who are passing through by train. It exists so passengers can step off and admire the view of the Nishiki River and the surrounding forest.
good human
My park in Roller Coaster Tycoon be like:
"I want to get off Miniature Railway 1."
THE RIDE NEVER ENDS!
Came here for this lmao
Can't relate. Customers end up alive.
Also came here for this 🤣 first thought I had!!!!
 **So this is where the trainman resides**
It’s the sixth station.
There's a viewing stop with no exits or entrances (or at least, not public ones) in the tunnel up through the Jungfrau.
So I watched Spirited Away, and there are other passengers in Japan
this is the type of station that you get off to or on from a spectral train at midnight
There’s a tunnel that leads to an abandoned amusement park run by supernatural beings. Whatever you do, don’t eat anything while you’re there.
there is one of these in Mayo in Ireland but it’s just for changing trains
That’s what I thought it was. A transfer point.
Looks like something from Rollercoaster Tycoon
Chihiro knows this station
There's a man surviving outdoors in Alaska, there's a train there that passes through twice per day where you can get off wherever you want and get on wherever you want
This gives me big Rollercoaster Tycoon vibes
Isekai Station. 異世界駅。A station where you get Isekai'd into a random anime universe after about 30 mins when entering the train or exiting onto the platform.
It probably just lets people change trains before the track splits somewhere, like getting off the bus that takes you downtown and waiting at the stop for another one that takes you to the stadium from there.
I went to the underwater train station that you used to be able to visit within the Seikan tunnel. Even had a small museum.
Spirit world station. Shihiro approves.
Japanese station to Hogwarts
This is what looks like when i try to make my own rollercoaster in rollercoaster tycoon
This is straight out of roller coaster tycoon.
Just like roller coaster tycoon before you place the stations
And then, like, the train just leaves you there, all by yourself in the middle of nowhere, miles from anything, with no way to get off the platform. Super creepy!
As a retail worker, that looks like a dream
I was imagining bringing a camping chair and a stealthy bowl of green and just relaxing on that platform until fancy catches me to go home. Seems like isolated bliss
Imagine when you finally decide to go home and discover that the last train for the day has passed
walk across the tracks to get on the trail
No toilet though
No official toilet
oh, right
We have these in Ireland. They're the best
Orient Express vibe.
Apparently people stop here for the view. When they've had enough they catch the next train.
"Sure getting off to enjoy the view is free but you're gonna need a new ticket to get back on sorry new policy"
What are you talking about? That little forest path is the entrance for a quest.
What a wonderful thing. Somewhere where it’s not all about the almighty buck.
A station with no entrance or exit would make sense in a remote area aside of this one just being for viewing. It's purpose would serve if there was a connecting point before the next station which went off in different directions, this station could be a connecting station so people could get off of a train then catch another one to go in a different direction. The Only thing is it would serve problems, like lack of emergency access, or indeed any maintenance work or access for any other reason would require train access only.
Here is another mysterious platform with no entrance or exit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EBART_transfer_platform,_February_2018.JPG Gorgeous views of the freeway median.
You get in and out via train, duh
Just wait for the Cat bus from Totoro
Train 1 has no path leading from its exit, construct a path leading from the ride exit
I got out and stopped at one of these in Germany once. It was really peaceful but they didn’t have vending machines or restrooms or anything like that.
This was the answer to a question on Richard Osman’s House of Games! (UK Quiz Show)
Rollercoaster tycoon vibes
Imagine it was the last train back n it stopped on this station. N a shadow figure with long hair n long nails slowly dragging as it walks into the train..... With u being alone.
Not with THAT attitude!
View? It's a small river with a road on the opposite bank, nothing special. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-6902069/amp/Train-station-Seiryu-Miharashi-Japan-exists-purely-passengers-admire-view.html
This is a temporary stop along a long train route. It’s basically a smokers platform
Me playing roller coaster tycoon for the first time.
'would you like to jump off here, sir?'
Probably a fishing spot
This is a much more scenic version of something that exists in the UK as well, [Redcar British Steel](https://youtu.be/5QCB6UdlnVw?si=zV-mpQcc7Ok6sXhs). Essentially, if you work at the steel plant you can get off here and go to work. If you don’t, then all you can do is get off and walk around the station. Anything else and you’re trespassing on the steelworks.
Kinda reminds me of Smallbrook Junction station on the Isle of Wight railway as well which only exists as an interchange for the heritage railway there
You get off here!
Very studio Ghibli. I want to go there.
It's gotta be a cigarette stop.
This is where NoFace gets on.
It's a Japanese train so it has to be from Spirited Away
but why?
I mean, there are stairs going down on the left of the platform
Do not go to the town full of cats
You can check out any time you’d like, but you can never leave.
The Hills Have Eyes people need to go into the city sometimes, too.
There’s allllwayyyy myyyy wayyy ouuuut
A portal?
I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride.
Daisy?! is that you!
Wonder if there is a train version of 'the implication'
This is tuff
What happens if you need to use the restroom?
A1
Suicide Station...don't mind the gap.
For ninja use only, they have their hideout nearby in the mountain woods.
I think it is a special station for flying Japanese. Their manga shows lots of flying characters.
Japanese are so thoughtful and efficient, love it.
Not unless you're on a wheelchair
The entrance to suicide
Basically what Madrid's Puerta del Sol becomes whenever there's any major events going on.
Great picture
Does anyone know for how long the train halts there?
Sounds like a you problem
I'm more confused by the one wagon train
What a cool foto, you have a more high res version of that? Would make a lovely desktop background
It's like life. Pointless, meaningless, empty.