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And there it is, approx 100km north of Tokyo. Here is the main railway station in the town.<\/p>\n
Greater Utsunomiya has a population of over 800,000 which is about the size of the greater Glasgow urban area. And it has just opened one of these …<\/p>\n
… yup, a tram route. After the left hander at the station stop it zooms off down the middle of one of the main streets.<\/p>\n
And it is all new-build. It opened on 26th August with due ceremony.<\/p>\n
So why does fbb call it “unusual<\/span>“.<\/p><\/div>\n … which could easily be upside down. Fortunately most of the publicity for the line is in English!<\/p><\/div>\n … but once outside the built up area, the track runs on viaduct, well clear of roadways.<\/p>\n It crosses the Kinugawa River on a magnificent bridge-cum-viaduct …<\/p>\n … before pressing on to its terminus in the neighbouring community of Haga.<\/p>\n The line is a little over 14km in length. The Haga terminus is on the edge of a mega industrial estate.<\/p>\n The page that shows the route in English lettering also gives fares …<\/p>\n 150 Yen is about 85p!<\/p><\/div>\n … but an upgrade is planned.<\/p>\n Whether it really is the first new tram track for 75 years is, indeed, debatable.<\/p><\/div>\n Come on Glasgow! There’s plenty of room down the Great Western Road to run from City to Dumbarton!<\/p><\/div>\n For the last few Sundays, Uncle Rog has been reporting on his experiences with “Demand Responsive” services in many a far-fling corner of Blighty. He is a brave man, braver than fbb who wouldn’t trust an App booking as far as he could throw his mobile phone; which isn’t very far.<\/p><\/div>\n … in drizzly weather and a not very sheltering shelter opposite the rather splendid Kidford Village Hall<\/span>.<\/p>\n Sadly, for most of the 90 minutes that Rog had to wait and\u00a0 try to find his pre-booked bus, it was sitting quite happily here, opposite Fernhurst Village Hall.<\/span><\/p>\n It was eagerly anticipating young Mr French who would never appear.\u00a0 The two are about 14 miles apart.<\/p>\n … it wasn’t snowing at the time!<\/p><\/div>\n
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