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Consider practice stations in Japan and the mighty Shinjuku station is bound to return to thoughts for many individuals. That’s the world’s busiest practice station, and Japan monopolises the highest 50 record with solely 5 of them not on this nation. Nonetheless, on the different finish of the size are some tiny stations that are often unstaffed and utilized by only a few commuters.
Station: Display screen
Prefecture: Shiga
Line(s): Ohmi Tetsudo-Taga Line
Common No. of Day by day Passengers: 634
After I first heard of this place I imagined that it is likely to be just like visiting Umi-Shibaura station in Tokyo which is (virtually) unique to Toshiba workers though different passengers can go to the station solely by practice with out leaving the premises. Nonetheless, this single platform one in Shiga Prefecture is a bit totally different.
How I first got here throughout this station, I actually don’t know! There are not any articles about it on-line so perhaps I simply discovered it by scrolling Google Maps and was stunned to see the identify Display screen (スクリーン when written in Katakana script) and thought it would even be one thing movie-related! Or perhaps it simply registered with me as a distinct segment curiosity of mine is stations which have a international identify.
The station identify is mainly derived from the corporate which it serves. Dainippon Display screen Mfg. Co., Ltd a.ok.a. Display screen Holdings is a Japanese semiconductor tools producer and electronics firm. A lot of the encircling space is occupied by the corporate premises so it’s unlikely too many others will ever use this station.
The station is situated in Hikone which is a distinguished metropolis in Shiga Prefecture with a great fort amidst lovely environment. That’s situated round 5 kilometres north of Minami-Hikone station on the Tokaido Sanyo Line which is the place I accessed Display screen from as trains don’t run too typically.
Which may be as a result of it’s certainly one of simply three stations on the two.5 kilometre-long Ohmi Tetsudo-Taga line which serves Display screen in addition to Takamiya and Taga Taisha-mae both aspect of it. It took me about half an hour on foot in a single straight path just about all the way in which.
Display screen station is the crimson one on the high!
Development of this station began in December 2007 and opened simply three months later which is probably not too shocking given the simplicity of the comparatively small constructing. There are not any ticket gates or IC card readers so I don’t understand how you pay as presumably you’ll have to exit a ticket gate if heading north to Takamiya.
There are a few merchandising machines and benches on the comparatively quick platform which does have a roof to shelter one from the weather. There’s additionally some seating within the ready room which is pristine as one can think about that there’s by no means a lot ready round at this station except the Display screen Holdings workers simply depart work with out figuring out what time the subsequent practice is!! Certainly they time their departure from the corporate completely to coincide with the practice that’ll take them residence.
Click on on the next hyperlinks for earlier ‘Unstaffed Stations of Japan’ posts…
1. Kamiyagi #2. Funamachi #3. Inazusa #4. Yodo #5. Nebukawa #6. Miyamae #7. Arao #8. Higashi-Abiko #9. Nukazawa #10. Shin Shibaura #11. Kubiki #12. Kamakurakōkōmae #13. Daishimae #14. Minami-Takada #15. Mochida #16. Minami-Takasaki #17. Hozukyō
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