Good evening #TrainTwitter, I'm posted up at Haymarket Cafe, cozy AF, ready to tell you folks a little about the Shizuoka Railway
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The Shizuoka Railway (aka Shizutetsu) is a small private railway connecting Shizuoka with Shimizu. It also owns a single department store.
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Their old rolling stock is pretty ugly if I'm being honest, but the good news is they're FINALLY upgrading.pic.twitter.com/UDJnt5GxHS
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What they lack in vehicular aesthetics, tho, they compensate for in their stations: almost all tiny little affairs tucked into the cityscape
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This is Hiyoshicho Station--one of the few stops on their line accessible from the broad side of the buildingpic.twitter.com/VFnaSu4g4j
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Otowacho Station--the entrance is in the red brick building.pic.twitter.com/1XNrd6Wwnc
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Kasugacho Station--LOVE this one, excellent use of a small space! Ticket barriers, roof, all the things US commuter stations lackpic.twitter.com/7djpyxtDKU
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Yunoki Station--good pastel colors, unusual two-building design. I must investigate!pic.twitter.com/91lbxe9czq
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Kusanagi Station--when modernism has nice aestheticspic.twitter.com/E8rCz8hcgM
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Mikadodai Station--this station is pretty much perfect; everything I look for in a station, but in a small place (and prob cheap to build!)pic.twitter.com/zdSBGY77WJ
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Kitsunegasaki Station--good color choices here. Notice the main entrance is a staircase, this is very common for train stations.pic.twitter.com/mlNeI1Al5k
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That wraps it up for today's microthread! Thank you for joining us this evening!
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