Season
Season 11 Episode
- Season 7 Keeping Commuters Safe During the Pandemic
- Season 7 Moka Railway: Pushing Forward with Steam
- Season 7 Must-see Railway News: The First Half of 2021
- Season 7 Japan's Top New Trains: Awarded for Excellence
- Season 7 Back in Time at the Romancecar Museum
- Season 7 Shinano Railway: Investing in New Trains
- Season 7 This Is Not the End of the Line: Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture
- Season 7 Asa Coast Railway: The World's First DMV
- Season 7 Shinkansen Freight: Carrying On Post Pandemic
- Season 7 Kominato Railway: Surviving with Wisdom and Ingenuity
Japan Railway Journal - Season 7 Episode 10 Kominato Railway: Surviving with Wisdom and Ingenuity
8.00 28 minutes Kominato Railway is a 39.1km rural railway that operates in Chiba, the prefecture next to Tokyo. Unfortunately, damage caused by a typhoon in 2019 and the subsequent pandemic caused sales revenue to drop significantly. Now, the railway is working on ways to get back on track, including the operation of the Satoyama Trolley Train (a sightseeing train that runs through scenic valleys), old diesel trains manufactured more than 40 years ago, and a collaboration with a local art festival to attract tourists. See the strategies the company has implemented using wisdom and ingenuity to attract visitors.
