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JR West has revealed the income and expenditures of its little-used "loss-making local lines." Among them, the Geibi Line and Kishi Line, which connect Hiroshima, Okayama, and Shimane, are considered "burdensome" and are on the verge of being closed. Bingo-Ochiai Station, which was once a supply base for coal and water for locomotives and was used by trains carrying skiers, now has only around 10 trains a day. The former engineer, who comes to this deserted, unmanned station every day, was waiting for the first train on New Year's Day again on this day. I wanted to know the reason why the "former railway worker (poppoya)" is standing there, even though it is not just affection or nostalgia that leads him there. 2022 Galaxy Awards Second Half [Encouragement Award] "Video '22 The End of the Railway - Beyond 150 Years of Railways" (MBS "Video 22" broadcast on December 25, 2022) ▼MBS NEWS HP https://www.mbs.jp/news/ ▼The latest news and special features are delivered daily Please subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/MBSnewsCH?s... #GeibiLine #Depopulation #LocalLine #RedLine #JRWestJapan #Railway #StationStaff #RailwayWorker #MBSNews #MainichiBroadcasting