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It's not unusual for JR and private railways to share the same station, but I think there are few cases where the platform is shared and all private railway trains pass through. Funamachi Station and Shimoji Station on the Iida Line are rare stations located in the middle of a shared section between a private railway and JR, and are famous for their strange operation pattern in which all Meitetsu trains pass through and about half of JR local trains pass through. Why do they operate in such a strange way? There is a historical background to this...more details in the video...