The JR Kururi Line, which runs on the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, continues to be in the red. In fiscal 9, the average number of passengers per day on this line was 6, a decrease of 2021% over the past 1 years.
While the fare revenue was 55 million yen, the operating expenses cost 30 million yen. JR proposed to proceed with discussions on the 3.1-kilometer section of Kururi Station and Kamisa-Kameyama Station, which is one-third of the line.