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- Season 9 Must-see Railway News: The Latter Half of 2022
- Season 9 Ichibata Electric Railway: Working Hand in Hand with the Region
- Season 9 Choshi Electric Railway: Turning Creative Ideas into Profit
- Season 9 The Tohoku Shinkansen: Full Speed Ahead
- Season 9 JR Geibi Line and Kisuki Line at a Crossroads
- Season 9 Yuri Kogen Railway: Getting People Back on Track
- Season 9 Collaborating to Revive Japan's Stations
- Season 9 Hisatsu Orange Railway: Fully Supported by Kagoshima Prefecture
- Season 9 Must-see Railway News: The First Half of 2023
- Season 9 Fukushima's Iizaka Line: Keeping Business on Track
- Season 9 Minamiaso Railway: Overcoming Disaster
- Season 9 Countdown to the Hokuriku Shinkansen Extension
- Season 9 Putting JR Hokkaido's Abandoned Lines to Use
- Season 9 Haga Utsunomiya LRT: Shaping Communities
- Season 9 Oigawa Railway: Keeping Steam Alive
- Season 9 JR Shikoku's Collaborative New Idea
Japan Railway Journal - Season 9 Episode 5 JR Geibi Line and Kisuki Line at a Crossroads
8.00 28 minutes Passenger numbers for local railway lines across Japan continue to fall as the population declines and more people opt to drive, putting pressure on railway company profits. In April 2022, JR West announced the income and expenditure status of 30 sections on 17 lines with a transport density of less than 2,000 passengers. According to the report, all 30 sections are in the red. The company is now planning to hold discussions with local governments along the lines to determine the best way forward. The section with the lowest income/expense ratio is the Geibi Line at 0.4%, followed by the Kisuki Line at 1.5% (both located in Hiroshima Prefecture). Take a look at how the local government and community are working to promote the use of the lines.
