>>1919007>Go in-betweenThat seems to be just as hard since they will have to clear the catenaries for the conventional lines and I am not sure if the "second floor" will be tall enough for the overhead infrastructure either.
>>1919245nta, one of the interesting thing about the section between Shin-Yubari (Momijiyama) and Shintoku stations is that there was a local train running between Shin-Yubari and Kaede Stations (which was only a few km away from Shin-Yubari) when the aforementioned section opened in 1981 and Yubari Line was renamed to Sekisho Line. However, due to the gradual decline in ridership to being single digits Kaede Station became defunt and turned into a signal station in 2004.
>Exception for the Seishun 18 ticket allowing holders to ride on express trains on that section existed before 2017.This section is now the only "Limited Express Surcharge Exemption" section left after Hokkaido Shinkansen's opening, which basically eliminated the section of Tsugaru-Kaikyo Line between Kanita and Kikonai Stations.