Single Track Operation on the Tosa Electric Railway

For those who have never encountered single track in-street operation this is a very good introduction. A single track is used for cars in both directions, generally because traffic volume does not support more frequent service.

Here passengers board and alight in the middle of the street. Motorists are very careful because of the legal penalties in Japan. All drivers are professional drivers in Japan, incidents causing injury or death are punishable by five years in prison for professional negligence and there is no automatic bail.

You Tube video by Hamataguchi.

Car 612 (going away from the camera) stops and waits for car 634 to exchange the token coil (which unfortunately is hidden by the passing bus).

This is a street level view of a siding on the same line with cars 613 and 609. The bus appears again just at the time of the meet, but the token coil exchange can be seen just after the bus moves by.

This is a very unusual traction sight in 2011.

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