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What do you do when you have a little free time on your business trip?
I decide to fully enjoy the railway in the area without hesitation.
In the photo, you can see the Ginza Line and Hibiya Line vehicles that Chuo-ku are familiar to you.
This is Kumamoto city far from Tokyo.
On the Kumamoto Electric Railway, the 01 series that ran on the Ginza Line and the 03 series that ran on the Hibiya Line are active.
I focused on the Ginza Line 01 series. The vehicle has been renovated in two major areas. The first is how to take in electricity. On the Ginza Line, electricity is taken from the third rail next to the ground rail called "Third Rail", but Kumamoto Electric Railway has newly installed a pantograph to take electricity from the overhead line above the vehicle. Was. The second is the width of the rail. The distance between the rails on the Ginza Line is 1435mm, which is said to be the "standard gauge", which is the same as the Shinkansen. On the other hand, Kumamoto Electric Railway is 1067mm, which is called "narrow gauge", which is the same as JR conventional lines. For this reason, the trolley part has been replaced.
In a distant land, I was very satisfied to see a familiar vehicle living a second life as a real experience. As a railway fan, I realize that it is a fairly maniac sightseeing.
If you are a correspondent of the Chuo-ku Tourism Association and like such a field, I would like to exchange information by all means ^^