Yotsukaido Station on the Sobu Main Line is a siding station with a single slip switch. Some of the express trains "Shiosai" and "Narita Express" also stop at Yotsukaido Station. The passenger facilities at Yotsukaido Station are two platforms and three tracks, but they are different from the "JNR-type wiring". The structure of Yotsukaido Station is that track 1 is the main line for upbound trains and track 2 is the main line for downbound trains. Track 0 is a secondary track shared by both upbound and downbound trains, where waiting trains and return trains arrive and depart. Track 0 is used for waiting for upbound trains as well as downbound trains. When downbound trains wait at Yotsukaido Station, a level crossing occurs. By the way, the two-platform, three-track structure, also known as the "JNR-type wiring" or "JNR-style wiring", is a two-platform, three-track structure with a center track between the upbound and downbound tracks. Many of the passing stations on the Chuo Main Line, such as Shiotsu, Kai Yamato, Shiozan, and Yamanashi City, tend to have a two-platform, three-track structure. Kita-Senju Station on the Joban Line also has a two-sided, three-track structure similar to that of the Japanese National Railways, and a passing timetable is set up using the center track. The two-sided, three-track structure at Yotsukaido Station makes it easy for level crossings to occur, and there are many restrictions on the timetable. This is just a guess, but it may also be due to the curves and railroad crossings just before Yotsukaido Station. At Yotsukaido Station, a single slip switch for a special switch has been installed to make platform 0 a secondary line. It is a passing station that is difficult to use. In addition, since the video includes footage taken before the timetable revision, the 255 series also appears. The 209 series 2000 and 2100 series in the Boso region are aging. (The 209 series, which was originally used on the Keihin-Tohoku Line and Negishi Line, was shortened and transferred to the Boso region.) The 209 series, which was introduced in the 1990s, is still in use today. Many of the trains have worn-out paint, perhaps due to the wind from the sea on the Boso Peninsula. They are approaching 30 years old, and future developments will be of interest. [Playback time index] 00:00 Sobu Main Line, Yotsukaido Station 0:55 Wiring diagram at Yotsukaido Station 2:18 Departing Chiba for Narita Airport 3:29 Rapid train to Ofuna 5:11 Departing Yokoshiba for Chiba 7:21 Local train to Chiba arrives at platform 0 8:19 "Narita Express" on both up and down lines 10:55 Local train to Narutō arrives at platform 0 11:50 Limited Express "Shiosai" to Choshi 13:12 Train to Narutō departs from platform 0 15:40 Rapid train to Ofuna and Narita Express 16:45 Narita Express to Shinjuku 18:05 255 series Limited Express Shiosai to Choshi (photographed before timetable change) 19:14 Local train to Narita Airport 20:55 Single slip switch on the up line 21:35 Sobu Main Line Down Front view of the train bound for Choshi (Tsuga → Yotsukaido) 23:16 Front view of the train bound for Chiba on the Sobu Main Line (Monoi → Yotsukaido) Related videos, etc. [The versatile center track] Shiotsu Station on the Chuo Main Line is a passing station with two platforms and three tracks • [The versatile center track] Shiotsu Station on the Chuo Main Line is a passing station with two platforms and three tracks Railroad sw... [Is it an overtaking facility shared by both up and down lines?] Irregular wiring and switches at Yahiro Station [Keisei Oshiage Line] • [Is it an overtaking facility shared by both up and down lines?] Irregular wiring and switches at Yahiro Station [Keisei Oshiage Line] Rai... [Through track shared by both up and down lines] The switch at Nakai Station, where you can't go straight [Seibu Shinjuku Line] • [Through track shared by both up and down lines] The switch at Nakai Station, where you can't go straight [Seibu Shinjuku Line] Railro... Yutenji Station (Tokyu Toyoko Line) • [Is the through track shared by both up and down lines? 】Movable nose crossing at Yutenji Station Railroad... Movable nose crossing at Tobitagyō Station on the Keio Line [There are waiting and special stops] • 【Switch】Movable nose crossing at Tobitagyō Station on the Keio Line [There are waiting and special stops]... 【Membership】 / @shio_vanilla I shot this video nearby Yotsukaido station in the city of Yotsukaido, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Although this station is on the Sobu Main Line, Narita Line trains also stop here. This station has a siding for waiting trains. Sometimes a local train will wait and allow an Limited Express train to go first. #Sōbu Main Line #Yotsukaido Station #209 Series