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A railway traffic light on the sidewalk!

[Koedo Itabashi] September 21, 2018 17:30

I heard that the relocation of Tsukiji Market to Toyosu is in a hurry for the implementation on October 11.

After the relocation of Toyosu, a road connecting the Olympic athlete village and the main competition venue will be improved.

The success of Japanese players will be conveyed at the Asian Games and tennis grand slams that have made Japan hot, and when recruiting volunteers begins, the mood will be uplifted toward 2020.

 

As the schedule for the Tokyo Olympics progresses, there are things that are a little worrisome.

It is the "only railroad crossing traffic signal left in Ginza" on the site of "Hamarikyu Mae Railroad Crossing".

A freight branch line on the Tokaido Main Line to branch off from Shiodome Station and draw cargo into Tokyo Ichiba Station.

1.1km long. It's a remnant of the railroad crossing set up there.

Although it is far from Loop Route 2, I wonder if it has been removed during a series of development and work processes.

I went to Ginza 8-chome 21-1.

The entrance of Ginza Post Office.

As of September 19, 2018, we were able to confirm its existence properly.

 

Shimbashi Station, located in Minato-ku, is the birthplace of the railway, as listed in the No. 1 of the railway song Tokaido, saying, "I'm away from the whistle Ichi voice Shimbashi." In the vicinity, various railway-related facilities have been left or restored.

In the past, I wrote on my blog in April 2010, "Everybody in Chuo-ku is underground", but the railway facilities remaining on the ground surface in Chuo-ku are surprisingly rare and valuable.

 

In Tsukiji Market, you can see the remnants of various goods being collected and shipped by boat from the banks of the Sumida River by freight train, by land using trucks.

The building facing the Sumida River in Tsukiji Market is tightly fan-shaped, indicating that the railway freight service line had entered the back of the hall.

At its peak, 150 wagons passed a day.

A number of freight trains loaded luggage and shipped nationwide.

When I was young, I lived in a local city, and I was attracted to freight trains connecting various forms of wagons and counted the number of connected wagons.

The freight train I saw would have crossed the Hamarikyu crossing from Tsukiji, assembled and transported at the Tokyo Freight Terminal in Shiodome.

From the explanation, you can see that this railroad crossing was used until January 31, 1987.

 

This traffic light is actually standing on the sidewalk, and it's a bit lonely.

If you lend me to me, yes, I would like to breathe in as if the signal was turned on and maintain it so that the button could be used to produce a signal sound, but what about?

Are you surprised by the people walking?

No, it was one proposal for leaving a monument, so please listen to it.

 

 
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