First thing to consider: these are more common on lightly-used railways, both to attract more people & b/c fewer other trains need the track
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Second thing to consider: lightly-used railways are less likely to have fare gates or manned stations b/c revenue won't support them
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My idea is this: keep restaurant/bar/library/etc trains open and staffed even while they're out of service (ie, not going anywhere)
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The train would act as a sort of addition to whatever station it was idling at, a restaurant (or w/e) that sometimes wanders off...
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...but the rest of the time is open for your business. Come down to the station even when no trains are running, have a meal on board!
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This way the train can make some money for the railway even when it's not in service, and the station has employees despite being unmanned
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You want to idle these trains at their outer destinations--eg if you did this with Kyushu's "A-Train," you'd want it at Misumi not Kumamoto
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In New England, I could see trains like this idling in towns in the Berkshires, the Green or White Mountains, the back woods of Maine, etc
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A few times a day they'd make trips to and from their respective anchor cities, but during downtime they'd stay put in the boonies
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