
JR East Begins Regular Operation of Dedicated Cargo Shinkansen Using Converted E3 Series on Tohoku Shinkansen
Heisei Chikuho Railway will be converted to bus services.
This was resolved by the Heisei Chikuho Railway Line-Area Public Transportation Council. The future schedule has not yet been decided, and operations will continue for the time being.
Heisei Chikuho Railway is a third-sector railway company jointly funded by Fukuoka Prefecture and the municipalities along the railway line. It took over the Ita Line, Itoda Line, and Tagawa Line from JR Kyushu. Due to a decline in passenger numbers, options such as the separation of infrastructure and operations and conversion to bus services had been under discussion.