Thursday Doors 9/3/23: Capalbio train station

When I found myself standing in front of an open door of a train, a thought crossed my mind… Dan = doors + trains! Perfect!

So yes, this is just behind our tiny train station. Capalbio is the name of the medieval town on the hill 15 minutes away by car, so I can imagine people who come by train to visit the old town being a little upset by this fact.

This is a common occurrence. These hilltop towns were not meant for trains. That’s why a newer addition to the town had to be built down below. This part of town around the train station is called Capalbio Scalo.

The train station has a back door that leads to a road with the view of Lake Burano, the salty marshy strip of water parallel to the sea. This area is the first Italian nature reserve. The sea is less than 2 km from the tracks. I suspect it will come closer.

On Sunday, when I accompanied amore to the station and put him on the train for Rome, I was astonished to discover the old house opposite the back exit, which used to be full of pigeons and falling apart, under reconstruction. Italians never fail to surprise. Money changes things.

Here is the Sunday look at our station with a few old photos for comparison and The Mystery of the Moving Gate for the finish. Always welcome.

If you came to visit me, now would be the moment to get off the train.

Where am I? Where is everybody?

To ease orientation. Each bell has a different ring. I haven’t been to Genoa yet. It is far.

The train arrived after a few minutes of bell ringing and amore hopped on.

The train came from that direction.

This is when I realised that I was looking at a door. Double door! Hello, Thursday!

The door closed and the train started to move. Better not cross that yellow line.

Bestia was a little anxious since the train swallowed amore.

The view from the other platform. There are only two. Here is where amore used to return home after work. Now he goes by car.

Three photos from 2017. The view out the back. See that house?

That house was not in a very good shape.

Pigeons and broken windows. I always liked this photo.

On Sunday this view greeted me. Goodness! A crane for Dan as well!!

The gate next to the house in 2017. Can you see the bird in the middle?

Bestia is confused. Compare this view…

…with this one from this Sunday. Where did the olive trees go?

It must be that the gate has been moved to the right. This view is better, bestia agrees.

For Thursday Doors challenge hosted by Dan at No Facilities

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