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#TrainTwitter - trains & train stations - passionate opinions on public transit & civic design - transit bureacrat, but all views here are my own

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    1. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017

      Uzui Station (built 1975) is about 100 ft in the air, only accessible by concrete staircase. 4 trips per direction, 0 passengers per day.pic.twitter.com/CVoCy09m7Z

      4 replies 9 retweets 24 likes
    2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
      Replying to @380kmh

      Located on the Sanko Line, which is scheduled to close in 2018 due to chronic decline in ridership since it opened

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017

      (since the line opened, that is--not since Uzui Station opened)

      1:14 PM - 18 Feb 2017
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        2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          The Sanko Line goes thru beautiful countryside, but was rural when it opened, and has drastically depopulated since then...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Let's examine the route on a #TrainTwitter special investigation: it begins at Gotsu, which sees 373 riders per daypic.twitter.com/u8Hh0qr74C

          2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
        4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Next is Gotsu Hommachi (0 riders), Chigane (0 riders), Kawahira (6 riders), and Kawado (38 riders)pic.twitter.com/OgwYIQbxZo

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Next: Tazu (7 riders), Iwami Kawagoe (9 riders), Shikaga (3 riders), and Imbara (4 riders)pic.twitter.com/TcvcW4W6f9

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Iwami Kawamoto (23), Kirohara (1), Take (1), Ombara (3)pic.twitter.com/baYfYHpSbi

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        7. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Iwami Yanaze (7), Akatsuka (2), Kasubuchi (23), Hamahara (8) On the one hand, the low frequency (4 trips per day) depresses ridership...pic.twitter.com/4vAtKMCTeK

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        8. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          ...but on the other, very few people live here to begin with Sawadani (1), Ushio (0), Iwami Matsubara (2), Iwami Tsuga (3)pic.twitter.com/gdhaQUafDh

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        9. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Next is Uzui, which we already saw--then Ikawashi (0), Kuchiba (3), Gobira (0), Sakugiguchi (9)pic.twitter.com/RxUMQR9eZr

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        10. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Koyodo has no information on ridership whatsoever...then Shikijiki (12), Nobuki (0), Tokogori (1)pic.twitter.com/suHP8qUeq9

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        11. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
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          Sorry, that's "Tokorogi" in prev tweet--then Funasa (2), Nagatani (no data), Awaya (no data), and Ozekiyama (no data)pic.twitter.com/fpmH3hjpTk

          1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
        12. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          ...and with that, the line finally reaches its terminal at Miyoshi, which sees 585 riders per daypic.twitter.com/JcBwKs2uNj

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        13. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          It should be clear from these figures that most ridership at Gotsu and Miyoshi is from *other* lines at those stations...not the Sanko Line

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        14. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          It should also be clear that maintaining the Sanko Line's stations and track is impossible to accomplish with its meagre fare revenue

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        15. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          The line is run by JR West, which makes plenty of money operating the Sanyo Shinkansen and commuter lines in Greater Osaka...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        16. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          ...and this is the only thing keeping the line around. Since neither the locals nor the far-off patrons in Osaka really show up to use it...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        17. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          ...it makes no sense to keep the route open any longer. The money spent maintaining it would be better used in Osaka, where it comes from.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        18. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          If JR West were taxpayer instead of customer supported, than locals on this route would still be paying for it *after* it closed...

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        19. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          ...and indeed, taxpayer pressure is what prompted the then-nationalized JNR to build the line in the first place!

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        20. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          Now, *local* tax revenue never covered the line's costs even then--but locals were paying for rail either way, and wanted something for it.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        21. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          After privatization, locals stopped paying taxes for it--but far off urbanites, who had already covered most of its cost through their taxes

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        22. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh 18 Feb 2017
          Replying to @380kmh

          ...continued to pay for its upkeep through their fares. Its closure reflects the fact that they don't see any point in paying for it either.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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