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Apr 6th, 2017: Lonely Railroad Stations
In recent movies they show airports, but in old movies they showed railroad stations in New York, Chicago,
Los Angeles, London or Paris, that were bustling with crowds of people. But consider Shinjuku Station in Tokyo handles 3.6 million passengers every single day, or 1.3 billion riders a year, so in some spots railroads thrive. But even Japan has some lonely stations. Kyu-shirataki station closed in March, when the only daily passenger for the last few years graduated from High School. This is Kyu-shirataki. Here in the US the railroad barons made fortunes, especially moving war materiels and troops. Rather than plowing those profits back into the equipment and better passenger service they kept the money, feeling secure in their continued dominance. Then the Interstate Highway System, America’s Autobahn, burst their bubble when trucking became cheaper with better service. Amtrak was formed by the government to take over passenger service but it’s mostly used around the big cites so it has some lonely stations. 1-Sanderson, Texas, with 238 boardings and alightings 2-Thurmond, West Virginia, had 295 boardings and alightings 3-Alderson, West Virginia, had 432 boardings and alightings This is Sanderson It seems England has a lot of lonely stations with yearly passenger counts of... 1-Shippea Hill (Cambridgeshire) – 12 2-Reddish South (Greater Manchester) – 38 3-Pilning (Gloucestershire) – 46 4-Coombe Junction Halt (Cornwall) – 48 5-Barry Links (Angus) – 68 6-Denton (Greater Manchester) – 74 7-Stanlow & Thornton (Cheshire) – 88 8-Teesside Airport (County Durham) – 98 9-Chapelton (Devon) – 100 10-Clifton (Greater Manchester) – 116 This is Shippea Hill. Why would they keep the trains running for so few people? History. Quote:
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