[Nomatsushima #59] [Train Announcement] [Nomatsushima National Railways (NNR)] Nomatsushima Loop Line [Local] Nomatsu-Central ➡ Kamioka (Last Train) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 環状運転を行わず、乗換案内もしない深夜の野松環状線・・・。 路線が長いおかげで、現実の日本と違って、コロナ禍の終電繰り上げが感じないほどまだ1時を超える遅い終電がいくつか残る私の架空国家「野松島」の「野松首都圏」の鉄道。例えば、この野松環状線外回りの上岡行き最終電車が野松中央駅を01時04分に発車し、終点の上岡には01時23分に到着する。野松メトロ3号線西行の渋川行き最終電車も、直通先の稲葉急行電鉄線の伊津野市駅を23時16分に準急として出発し、稲葉急行電鉄が管理する鶴松駅に00時37分に到着し、そこから野松メトロ3号線に乗り入れ各駅停車となる。鶴松駅を00時38分に発車し、野松都のもう一つの環状線の野松メトロ2号線西側にある二川駅に01時02分に到着し、終点の渋川駅には01時30分に到着する。 The Nomatsu Loop Line, which doesn't operate in a loop and doesn't provide transfer information late at night... Thanks to its long lines, unlike in real-world Japan, the railways in the “Nomatsu Metropolitan Area” of my fictional country “Nomatsushima” still have several late-night last trains departing after 1:00 a.m., so much so that you don’t even notice the COVID-19-related service reductions that have brought last trains earlier elsewhere. For example, the last outer loop train on the Nomatsu Loop Line bound for Kamioka departs Nomatsu Central Station at 1:04 a.m. and arrives at its terminus, Kamioka, at 1:23 a.m. The last westbound train on the Nomatsu Metro Line 3 bound for Shibukawa also departs as a Semi-Express from Izuno-shi Station on the Inaba Express Railway Line, which it directly connects to, at 11:16 p.m., as a Semi-Express, and arrives at Tsurumatsu Station, managed by the Inaba Express Railway, at 12:37 a.m. From there, it enters the Nomatsu Metro Line 3 and operates as a local train. It departs Tsurumatsu Station at 12:38 a.m., arrives at Futagawa Station, located on the western side of the Nomatsu Metro Line 2, Nomatsu City’s other loop line, at 1:02 a.m., and arrives at its terminus, Shibukawa Station, at 1:30 a.m.
私の架空国家「野松島」は北海道、サハリン（樺太）、千島列島の間に位置しており、その鉄道の特徴の一つは、東京都東村山市の銀河鉄道バスと同じく採算より乗客の利便性を優先していることです。 さらに首都の「野松都」と北海道の稚内を結ぶ「宗谷野松海峡線」を運行し、朝夕ラッシュ時の一部の普通・快速列車がJR北海道の宗谷本線の幌延・音威子府まで直通します。野松島国鉄管内区間は車掌乗務のツーマン運転で、JR北海道管内区間はワンマン運転。野松島管内では5両か6両編成での運転ですが、稚内駅で後ろ4両を切り離し1両か2両編成のワンマン列車となる。 更にNNRの北海道子会社であるHR（北海道鉄道）も、2024年半ばから宗谷地域の鉄道利便性向上のために宗谷本線の複線化・電化・増便・ICカード対応化や、1989年に廃止された天北線の復活などといった方針を行っています。 My fictional nation, “Nomatsushima,” is located between Hokkaido, Sakhalin (Karafuto), and the Kuril Islands. One of the distinctive features of its railway system is that, like the Ginga Tetsudo Bus in Higashi-Murayama, Tokyo, it prioritizes passenger convenience over profitability. Furthermore, the “Soya-Nomatsu Strait Line” operates between the capital, Nomatsu, and Wakkanai in Hokkaido; during morning and evening rush hours, some local and rapid trains run directly to Horonobe and Otoineppu on JR Hokkaido’s Soya Main Line. Trains operate with a conductor on board (two-man operation) within the Nomatsushima National Railway section, while the JR Hokkaido section operates with the one-man operation system. Trains run in 5- or 6-car formations within the Nomatsushima section, but the rear four cars are detached at Wakkanai Station, resulting in a 1- or 2-car one-man train. Furthermore, HR (Hokkaido Railway), a Hokkaido subsidiary of NNR, has announced plans starting in mid-2024 to improve rail accessibility in the Soya region. These include the double-tracking and electrification of the Soya Main Line, increased train frequencies, the introduction of IC card compatibility, and the reopening of the Tempoku Line, which was shut down in 1989.
