Season
Season 11 Episode
- 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 7 Collaborating to Revive Japan's Stations
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. Stations, meant to be hubs of vitality, are also seeing numbers fall. In response, private companies, NPOs and local governments, in collaboration with the railways, have begun utilizing some of these station buildings. In Chiba Prefecture, JR East's Emi Station became Japan's first combined station and post office. In Fukuoka Prefecture, Heisei Chikuho Railway's Yusubaru Station saw the installation of a university laboratory, and Nagai City in Yamagata Prefecture became home to the nation's first integrated station and government office building. Take a look at the efforts being made to revitalize the stations. And in "Tourist Trains in Style" see FUJI-SANROKU RAILWAY's "FUJISAN VIEW EXPRESS," which runs on the railway closest to Mt. Fuji.
