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- Season 5 New Year Trains: Beginning the New Year with a Journey
- Season 5 JR Gono Line: A Popular Local Line Worth the Journey
- Season 5 Amaterasu Railway: A Tourist Attraction Making the Most of a Discontinued Line
- Season 5 Yamanote Line: Tokyo's Ever Evolving Loop Line
- Season 5 JR Hokkaido's Yubari Line: A Beloved Local Line Comes to an End
- Season 5 Tokyo Metro: A Subway Network On Time & On Track
- Season 5 Nishi-Nippon Railroad: Fine Dining on an Even Finer Tourist Train
- Season 5 Hiroshima Electric Railway: On Track on the Streets
- Season 5 Hankai Tramway: Osaka's One & Only Tram Network
- Season 5 Choshi Electric Railway: Finding New Ways to Get Back on Track
- Season 5 JR Osaka Loop Line: Developing a Better, More User-Friendly Line
- Season 5 Kyoto Tango Railway: A Bus Company to the Rescue
- Season 5 South Hokkaido Railway: A Tourist Train Developed by a Tour Company
- Season 5 Chizu Express: A Top Tier Third Sector Railway
- Season 5 Hitachinaka Seaside Railway: Pulling Together with the Local Community
- Season 5 JR's Ekinaka Development Project: A New Lifestyle Below the Chuo Line
- Season 5 Introducing the N700S: JR Central's Next-Generation Shinkansen
- Season 5 New Technology Opening the Future of the Railway
- Season 5 Reviewing the New Trains of 2019
Japan Railway Journal - Season 5 Episode 5 JR Hokkaido's Yubari Line: A Beloved Local Line Comes to an End
8.00 28 minutes On April 1, 2019, the Yubari branch of JR Hokkaido's Sekisho Line is sadly coming to an end. Back in the days, Yubari was a prosperous mining town and the line was a major route for transporting coal. But from the 1970's the mines began to close and the city started to decline. In recent years, the line only operated 5 round trips per day. With news of the line's closing, many railfans came to ride the line and the locals showed their appreciation by gifting handcrafted souvenirs. See the last moments of this beloved line and the challenges local lines are facing in Japan.
