
By RYUTARO ABE, Staff Writer, The Asahi Shimbun; March 4, 2019
MIYAZU, Kyoto Prefecture–A railway here once on the verge of being defunct has a new lease on life with its slow-moving sightseeing train featuring a cafe-like interior.
The Tango Aka-Matsu is operated by Kyoto Tango Railway (Tantetsu), whose lines were famously dubbed the symbol of unprofitable train routes in the Heisei Era, which started in 1989.