That describes a lot of VIA flag stops along the Canadian and the Churchill trains. In fact, VIA even has a category of station known simplyI suppose the absolute minimalist station would have no pad (I've boarded on ballast before), no shelter, no seating, and only a single sign post with a bus stop style sign.
Said pub has a very special relationship with some of the folks who frequent this board, since they had a gala dinner there last year!I remember when the Berkeley, California station was open in the 90s, it didn't have a platform (built in 2005) and only had a bench and what looked like a bus stop pole. I was riding my bike around there once and it basically looked like a bus stop. It might have had a couple of concrete pads. However, it did have the benefit of being placed (and still is) under the University Ave overpass, so it had a built-in shelter.
However, that station was constructed where Southern Pacific used to have a real station with a station building. There was a Chinese restaurant in the old station building, but now houses a pub.
Alaska Rail Road will stop at any path crossing it, to pick up or set down people. To get set down you just have to let the Conductor know which path you want tog et off at. To get picked up you just wave the train to stop. This is mostly in the area between Talkeetna and Hurricane, where there are many off grid homesteads that depend almost exclusively on the railroad for their existence. Somehow neither FRA nor anyone else bothers about various niceties like platforms around there since it literally is a matter of life or death for these folks.VIA Rail will go even farther on certain routes if you give them 48 hour advance notification. The train will stop to either let you off or pick you up at the mile post of your choice as explained here: http://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/stops-between-two-explore-our-destinations/stations In the area North of Lake Superior the route is infested with mosquitoes, rivers, lakes and trees - just the thing for the avid outdoorsy type. It's the land of the real Winnie The Pooh.
I remember the big sign for China Station. It was viable from the freeway. Apparently it later became some fusion Asian restaurant called Xanadu, but that must have been pretty short. The building was unoccupied until Brennan's moved in. A few times I got there and waited for my wife to pick me up. I stopped for a beer a few times (she was driving) and one time got a turkey drumstick.Said pub has a very special relationship with some of the folks who frequent this board, since they had a gala dinner there last year!I remember when the Berkeley, California station was open in the 90s, it didn't have a platform (built in 2005) and only had a bench and what looked like a bus stop pole. I was riding my bike around there once and it basically looked like a bus stop. It might have had a couple of concrete pads. However, it did have the benefit of being placed (and still is) under the University Ave overpass, so it had a built-in shelter.
However, that station was constructed where Southern Pacific used to have a real station with a station building. There was a Chinese restaurant in the old station building, but now houses a pub.
I'm a Cal guy, but for the most part I didn't hang around that area. It's well off of campus. When I was a student (I had a car) that wasn't exactly where I'd go. I watched movies in Emeryville, which has a then state of the art 6(?) screen multiplex. I'm not sure how many it opened with since they added screens and tinkered with the layout. I also hung around the Emery Bay Public Market. The beans and rice plate/burrito at Taqueria Aguilar was pretty good for this cash-strapped college student.Brennan's was most enjoyable as the site for our Gathering Dinner last Oct.
Good food and drink @_reasonable prices!
One of our members is a Californian and hung out there when going to school @ Cal.
I'd go back next time I'm in the Bay area where there are a lot of places to choose from!