Railroad The History of Japanese Railway's Closure : Tracing the Ruins of Disappeared Railways / Tetsuhiko OMUTA Railway history

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Abandoned cars in the open air, abandoned tunnels in the dark. The abandoned lines scattered all over the country must have had a time when they were full of life, but why were they abolished? Starting with "unnecessary and non-urgent lines" during World War II, it introduces the abolition of many lines due to motorization and the reconstruction of Japan National Railways, and the abolition of lines due to recent natural disasters by age and type. Now there is a new debate on the abolition of lines. Where is the solution? The history of the Nihon Kotsu after the war traced from the abolition of lines.