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Subway Eidan Nanboku Line South Vehicle Base [Hokkaido]
Figure 1 Illuminations on the exterior of the facility
Brief summary
Figure 2 Illuminations on the ferry pathway
The south vehicle base which is the oldest one among 3 bases in Subway Eidan Nanboku Line which was opened at 1972 when the winter Olympic was held in Sapporo.
The base is located between Jieitai Mae station and Makomanai station for the purpose of checking, maintenance and parking of vehicles.
It consists of lines for pit, parking and assembling. Actually this large facility contains 23 lines for up to 134 vehicles.
It’s the first railway facility in Japan that was succeeded of converting all into inverter through the interference test on inverter device and wireless equipment since 2005.
- Location: Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
- Client: Sapporo City Transportation Bureau
- Completion: April 2006
- Materials provided by: Yuu Matsuki
(IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.) - Photographs Copyright(Figure 1 and 2):
IWASAKI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
*This text is quoted from “Lighting Photograph” published in the journal of the IEIJ, Vol.93, Number 7, 2009. It contains descriptions of the lighting facilities. The current operation may differ from that in the journal.