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JR East, JR West Struggle with Unprofitable Train Lines

JR East, JR West Struggle with Unprofitable Train Lines

   Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)--East Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co. continued to struggle with unprofitable local train lines due to a decline in the number of passengers, data released by the companies on Tuesday showed.
   East Japan Railway, or JR East, said that 72 sections of 36 train lines had an average daily number of passengers of less than 2,000 per kilometer in fiscal 2023, which ended last March, an increase of 10 sections from the previous year.

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