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Posted 04 April 2018 - 06:20 AM

The Asahi Shimbun, 4/1/18:
 

Fans bid farewell as Sanko Line closes after 88 years in service

 

 

GOTSU, Shimane Prefecture--Thousands of train buffs and one wild boar caused chaos on the final day of operations of an 88-year-old railway running along a river in the mountainside of the Chugoku region.

 

West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) closed down the 108.1-kilometer Sanko Line for good on March 31 because of dwindling passenger numbers.

 

The railway linked Gotsu, a city on the Sea of Japan side in Shimane Prefecture, with Miyoshi, a city in a mountainous area in Hiroshima Prefecture. The single track line was set up along the Gonokawa river, and it never did go electric.

 

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