The Nemuro Main Line is the railway line (main line) of the Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) that connects Takikawa Station in Takikawa City, Hokkaido, through Obihiro City and Kushiro City, to Nemuro Station in Nemuro City. Of these, the nickname “Hanasaki Line” is given between Kushiro Station and Nemuro Station. On November 18, 2016 (Heisei 28), JR Hokkaido announced 10 routes and 13 sections as “routes that are difficult to maintain by itself” due to severe business conditions. Of the Nemuro Main Line, the section between Shintoku Station and Obihiro Station can be maintained by JR Hokkaido alone, and the section between Obihiro Station and Kushiro Station will continue to be operated and maintained by JR Hokkaido for the time being, but the development of the Hokkaido High-speed Railway that manages ground facilities. It is said that it will proceed with the examination in relation to. On the other hand, between Takikawa Station-Furano Station and Kushiro Station-Nemuro Station, “the line section cannot secure the cost to sustainably maintain” safe railway service “including the renewal of aging civil engineering structures by itself”. In the future, we plan to discuss with local governments along the railway lines, focusing on cost reduction, fare increase, utilization promotion measures, and conversion to the upper and lower separation method. Between Furano Station and Shintoku Station, it is said that “we will start consultations with local people about the conversion to buses, etc. in order to make the transportation system sustainable.” Will be discussed with local governments along the railway line. The section between Higashi-Shikagoe Station and Shintoku Station, which has been suspended as of July 2020 due to the damage caused by Typhoon No. 10 that landed in Hokkaido on August 31, 2020, is included in the abolition consideration section. Furano City wants to survive, but JR Hokkaido is not doing restoration work because it wants to switch buses and the construction cost is high. If the section between Furano Station and Shintoku Station is abolished, the “main line” class JR line will be divided for a reason other than the conversion of parallel conventional lines to third sector railways due to the opening of the Shin-Etsu Main Line and Kagoshima Main Line. This is the first case to be done. On November 13, 2019 (the first year of Reiwa), if JR Hokkaido meets with Minamifurano Town and restores the section between Higashi-Shikagoe Station and Shintoku Station and resumes operation on all lines between Furano Station and Shintoku Station, the year It is estimated that a deficit of 980 million yen is expected. Also, on the same day, it was estimated that the cost of running a bus between Furano Station and Ikutora Station and a wagon car between Ikutora Station and Shintoku Station would be 110 million yen per year. On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from September 5th to 22nd, 2020, a one-way sightseeing bus will run from Hoshino Resort Tomamu to Furano Station via Ikutora Station and Roadside Station Minamifurano. rice field. It was available by advance reservation via the Internet, and the fee was free for the demonstration experiment. On October 11, 2020 (Reiwa 2), Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kazuyoshi Akaba inspected the damage situation around Ikutora Station and Ochiai Station. On the same day, an exchange of opinions was held between the local government and JR Hokkaido in Furano City, and Akabane will consider supporting JR Hokkaido based on the opinions of the locals when restoring the section between Higashi-Shikagoe Station and Shintoku Station. Although he expressed his thoughts [Newspaper 3], the support measures presented by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in December of the same year did not include support for this section. Therefore, in July 2021 (Reiwa 3), the “Nemuro Main Line Countermeasures Council” formed by 7 municipalities along the railway line decided to start discussions with JR Hokkaido, which had been refused so far, and the local burden of 1,090 million yen. If it is not possible to secure the amount, we decided to consider abolition and bus conversion.
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