Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang

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Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang

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Senin, 16 Jan 2023 17:30 WIB

Jepang - Jumlah penumpang Kereta Listrik Chshi yang melintas di pedesaan Jepang terus menurun. Pemilik perusahaan harus berusaha untuk menarik perhatian calon penumpang

This picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows a train travelling through Choshi Electric Railway Line in Choshi, northeast Chiba prefecture. - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. Like many small railway lines across Japan's countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker, but Takemoto has found a way to keep the business afloat. - TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Katsunori Takemoto, presiden Choshi Electric Railway, turun dari kereta di stasiun Nakanocho di Choshi, timur laut prefektur Chiba, Jepang.  

This picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows a train travelling through Choshi Electric Railway Line in Choshi, northeast Chiba prefecture. - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. Like many small railway lines across Japan's countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker, but Takemoto has found a way to keep the business afloat. - TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Jalur Kereta Listrik Chōshi merupakan jalur kereta api sepanjang 6,4 km yang dioperasikan oleh Kereta Listrik Chōshi milik Katsunori Takemoto.  

This picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows a train travelling through Choshi Electric Railway Line in Choshi, northeast Chiba prefecture. - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. Like many small railway lines across Japan's countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker, but Takemoto has found a way to keep the business afloat. - TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Kereta api ini sudah 60 tahun melewati rute di pedesaan antara stasiun Chōshi dan Tokawa di Prefektur Chiba, Jepang.  

This picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows a train travelling through Choshi Electric Railway Line in Choshi, northeast Chiba prefecture. - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. Like many small railway lines across Japan's countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker, but Takemoto has found a way to keep the business afloat. - TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Seperti banyak jalur kereta api kecil melintasi pedesaan Jepang, kereta api ini pun harus merugi karena menghadapi penurunan jumlah penumpang.  

This picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows a train travelling through Choshi Electric Railway Line in Choshi, northeast Chiba prefecture. - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. Like many small railway lines across Japan's countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker, but Takemoto has found a way to keep the business afloat. - TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Katsunori Takemoto selaku pemilik perusahaan pun harus memutar otak untuk terus menjalankan bisnisnya tersebut.  

This picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows a train travelling through Choshi Electric Railway Line in Choshi, northeast Chiba prefecture. - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. Like many small railway lines across Japan's countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker, but Takemoto has found a way to keep the business afloat. - TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Kereta Listrik Chōshi akhirnya dihias dengan balon dan boneka di sepanjang gerbongnya.  

This picture taken on October 20, 2022 shows a train travelling through Choshi Electric Railway Line in Choshi, northeast Chiba prefecture. - In the driver's seat of a two-carriage train, Katsunori Takemoto puts on his white gloves and checks the antiquated gauges before setting out alongside cabbage fields in Japan's rural Chiba. Like many small railway lines across Japan's countryside, the 60-year-old trains that ply this route are a loss-maker, but Takemoto has found a way to keep the business afloat. - TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-transport-demographics-economy,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Hiasan ini dipasang untuk menarik perhatian warga agar semakin tertarik menaiki Kereta Listrik Chōshi.

Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang
Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang
Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang
Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang
Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang
Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang
Siasat Kereta di Pedesaan Jepang yang Mulai Ditinggal Penumpang
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