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LEGO Small Train Station

Since I have a lot of light bluish gray pieces now, I was thinking I should do some brutalist architecture, but I did not want it to be too retro-socialist. I also wanted it to be simple and light, and then I remembered that Japan has some train stations that are similar to what I imagined.

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The station name is not a greeting sign, "csendes-halom" means Silent Barrows :'D It's a fictional town in Hungary. For the letters, I have used the 1x1 round tile alphabet letters (77486) from the DOTS series.

Of all the images that I have found on Japanese train stations, this one was the main inspirator, the Shimonada Station in Ehime. I drew inspiration mostly from its simplicity, but I also used the same colors for the painted parts.

Shimonada Station in Ehime, Japan. (Unknown author)

Shimonada Station in Ehime, Japan. (Unknown author)

The station has two platforms, and is 8 studs wide. With this size, it can be placed right after a rail switch.

Fits between two railway switches.

Fits between two railway switches.

The station platform is 3 bricks and 1 plate tall, which puts it in level with the base plate of any wagon.

Station platform is in level with wagon base plate.

Station platform is in level with wagon base plate.

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