Speaking of Wales, there’s Dovey Junction, where one can change train but not (practically) leave the station. Technically there’s a 1 km footpath to the nearest road, but through a marsh.
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The Nishikigawa Railway is not electrified and not dual gauge, so it is by process of elimination a check rail to stop trains derailing.
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Welcome to Japan’s wizarding school of wizardry.
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A similar story with Smallbrook Junction on the Isle of Wight, but with the added bonus that the train to change onto is steam powered.
Railways on the Isle of Wight are fun anyway. Because of low tunnels, they use converted 1938 vintage London Underground stock for their ordinary service trains. And you can get a ticket from the end of the ferry pier to the shore, which is one of the shortest and cheapest ‘mainline’ journeys in Britain. As possession of an annual ‘gold card’ season ticket issued in London and the South East has a number of fringe benefits, quite a few of them are issued for just that journey…
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There is also a platform / station at Kjosfossen Waterfall in Norway. This is part of the train ride for Norway in a Nutshell tours. At this stop you can get off and take pictures as the waterfall tumbles towards you. There is also a woman who dances as dramatic music is played.
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This is how north London expanded in the 20s and 30s - roads, railways and stations were put down and the land around sold off to developers and individuals to build on as required.
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I love stuff like this. Sometimes you’ll see small platforms in the middle of a switching yard or the like, I guess for the convenience of employees. (Sunnyside, on the LIRR. My father was once stuck there for a bit; he thought it was Jamaica or Mineola.)
The MAX Red Line in Portland had a “disconnected” station for a while. It was built when the line, which connects to the airport, was laid out. For years, the train would pull into, and stop at, a station in the middle of a meadow. There was a beat-up asphalt road, and you could see a big boulevard in the distance.
And . . . the platform was fenced off. You could get off, wander around for a bit, and hop back on the train, but not leave.
Now the whole area is built up with Big Box stores and chain restaurants.
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Not a ‘no entrance nor exit’ - but the entrance/exit is only to the trail:
Appalachian Trail by Jeffs4653, on Flickr
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China, being China, has to take it to an extreme…
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