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A Russian Train Stop That Serves One Schoolgirl

60 points by IntronExon 9y ago

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gt_ 9y ago
Those who lived at the end of school bus and train routes are part of a very special (and elite!) club that nobody else can understand, and that we don’t have the words to discuss. If we didn’t do it, somebody else would have, but we did do it, and it weird.
rwmj 9y ago
Similar stop in Japan (or at least was in 2016, according to the article the station has now closed): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3395828/The-train-company-stops-station-everyday-pick-ONE-passenger-school.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-339582...
- s0rce 9y ago
  That is mentioned in the article, still relevant though.
icebraining 9y ago
An article about Poyakonda: http://kandalaksha.su/poyakonda/ http://kandalaksha.su/poyakonda/
- toomanybeersies 9y ago
  .su TLD. Don't see many of those around these days.
- gkya 9y ago
  .su is the TLD for the Soviet Union! It exists today because it was registered 8 months before the dissolution of the union. Mildly interesing side-fact.
CaliforniaKarl 9y ago
Kindof related: Geoff Marshall does a video series where he travels to the least-used stations in various parts of the UK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt4q5oaptyI9U2zddss8dm8srzuJj6nRz https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt4q5oaptyI9U2zddss8d...
tremendulo 9y ago
Violation of privacy?
DoreenMichele 9y ago
So Russia and Japan can arrange train stops so public transit serves a single school child, but the US cannot even arrange decent bus service in many cities? The excuse that we (the US) just lack population density sufficient to make public transit work begins to ring hollow.
- gkya 9y ago
  What I collect from my discussions with HNers on car use / public transit (I believe car use should be severely limited to cases where it's indispensable, and general public use public transportation, including taxis) is that Americans just don't like public transit. A frequent theme is the fact that in public transport you need to share space with other people and sometimes it's uncomfortable and crowded. Many think they're too good to "suffer" that, and they want to be in their private tonne-heavy metal and plastic bullet possibly speeding along or drowsily waiting in traffic. Public transportation is for those who can not afford a car. Also, running public transportation is not a very profitable, if at all, business, so government enterprise is required to run it. And the US seems to lack that.
  - watersb 9y ago
    Lived in USA all my life. Wish that private autos were illegal. Have always been considered insane.
    - DoreenMichele 9y ago
      I am American. I never liked driving. At some point after my divorce, I was able to give up my car. I eventually gave up my driver's license. I don't want to make it illegal, but there are lots of people with long, miserable commutes they hate and we really need a world with more viable options.
    - tjr225 9y ago
      I wish there were some way to change people's minds.
    - 9y ago

60 points by IntronExon 9y ago

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gt_ 9y ago

Those who lived at the end of school bus and train routes are part of a very special (and elite!) club that nobody else can understand, and that we don’t have the words to discuss. If we didn’t do it, somebody else would have, but we did do it, and it weird.

rwmj 9y ago

Similar stop in Japan (or at least was in 2016, according to the article the station has now closed): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3395828/The-train-company-stops-station-everyday-pick-ONE-passenger-school.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-339582...

s0rce 9y ago
That is mentioned in the article, still relevant though.

icebraining 9y ago

An article about Poyakonda: http://kandalaksha.su/poyakonda/ http://kandalaksha.su/poyakonda/

toomanybeersies 9y ago
.su TLD. Don't see many of those around these days.
gkya 9y ago
.su is the TLD for the Soviet Union! It exists today because it was registered 8 months before the dissolution of the union. Mildly interesing side-fact.

CaliforniaKarl 9y ago

Kindof related: Geoff Marshall does a video series where he travels to the least-used stations in various parts of the UK: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt4q5oaptyI9U2zddss8dm8srzuJj6nRz https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt4q5oaptyI9U2zddss8d...

tremendulo 9y ago

Violation of privacy?

DoreenMichele 9y ago

So Russia and Japan can arrange train stops so public transit serves a single school child, but the US cannot even arrange decent bus service in many cities? The excuse that we (the US) just lack population density sufficient to make public transit work begins to ring hollow.

gkya 9y ago
What I collect from my discussions with HNers on car use / public transit (I believe car use should be severely limited to cases where it's indispensable, and general public use public transportation, including taxis) is that Americans just don't like public transit. A frequent theme is the fact that in public transport you need to share space with other people and sometimes it's uncomfortable and crowded. Many think they're too good to "suffer" that, and they want to be in their private tonne-heavy metal and plastic bullet possibly speeding along or drowsily waiting in traffic. Public transportation is for those who can not afford a car. Also, running public transportation is not a very profitable, if at all, business, so government enterprise is required to run it. And the US seems to lack that.
- watersb 9y ago
  Lived in USA all my life. Wish that private autos were illegal. Have always been considered insane.
  - DoreenMichele 9y ago
    I am American. I never liked driving. At some point after my divorce, I was able to give up my car. I eventually gave up my driver's license. I don't want to make it illegal, but there are lots of people with long, miserable commutes they hate and we really need a world with more viable options.
  - tjr225 9y ago
    I wish there were some way to change people's minds.
  - 9y ago