Somewhere in japan
Anyone know the location?
Note the overhead wires as it emerges from underground.
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Charlie, the Japan part I picked up before you edited your post. I'm no expert on the language, written or spoken, but when I heard the man, it was pretty clear. Left hand running was also a big clue.
I don't think it's Tokyo. Not busy enough. I'm searching Google maps to figure it out. The best clue might be around the 20 minute mark, shortly after the train comes out of the tunnel section. It goes over a river, with very distinctive bridges on either side.
I like a good challenge, especially in geography.
Got it!!!
Osaka.
If you go to satellite view, and turn on the transit option, you'll see the subway lines. The north end of the brown line ends just before it comes out of the ground. Follow the tracks from there to the river, and there are the bridges.
Elliot
Thank you for going through the effort to find that out,
You're welcome Charlie.
For the most part it is a pretty unremarkable ride out to the end of the line, on what appears to be an express train. One of the most interesting parts of the trip comes shortly after the bridge. There is a really cool junction, where another line joins the one this train is on, with a large station in the middle of it. Just past the station the lines split apart again.
Toward the end of the trip, the line is reduced from double down to single track, with passing sidings at each station. It looks as if the infrastructure is there to go to full double track whenever traffic would demand it. All of the bridges and wire supports are built.
Osaka is indeed correct! The video follows a limited express "Hazu" train from Tengachaya station on the Osaka Subway Sakaisugi Line to Arashiyama on the Arashiyama Line. This is not a "subway" per se, but is an example of through running of a private railway (in this case the Hankyu Dentetsu Railway) in the city subway, which is quite common in Japan including Osaka and Tokyo. The train follows the Sakaisuji subway, then on to the Hanky Senri Line, the Hankyu Kyoto Main Line and finally the Arashiyama Line. Arashiyama is famous for its cherry blossoms (sakura) and fall foliage (momigi) as well as Tenryuji Temple. It is a beautiful area near to Kyoto. The train is made up of 8300 class multiple elecric units.
Hello Frank G !
Good to see you back again showing some train related interest ! Hope all is well with you since our last phone conversation. Thanks for the interesting info on the Japanese Transit !
This is interesting but Hankyu's nine track terminal at Umeda and six track mainline to Juso is amazing.
The video caption from Youtube:
前に投稿した天下茶屋発の直通特急があまりにも低評価が多いため、再度撮り直しました。車両は変わらずの8304F。お天気も良かったため、非常に納得のいく前面展望が撮れました。地下区間は反射でモザイク加工を入れております。何卒ご了承下さいませ。
For too many low rating is a direct express Tengachaya departure you post before, I retake again. 8304F vehicle unchanged. Since weather was good, I was able to take the front outlook convincing very. Underground interval has put the mosaic processing in reflection. Please acknowledge your understanding.
Oh, now I see you can just click to translate on the You-tube page. And the caption now is:
