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
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...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.
If JR West were taxpayer instead of customer supported, than locals on this route would still be paying for it *after* it closed...
...and indeed, taxpayer pressure is what prompted the then-nationalized JNR to build the line in the first place!
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.
After privatization, locals stopped paying taxes for it--but far off urbanites, who had already covered most of its cost through their taxes
...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.
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