There are not enough people to repair the railway line.

There are not enough people to repair the railway line.

JR Hokkaido has been working on track repair work by stopping the daytime trains on certain sections of the line that connects Kushiro and Abashiri, since it is difficult to secure night construction workers.

JR Hokkaido plans to replace over 3000 old sleepers in the approximately 28 km section from Midori Station in Kiyosato-cho on the Amami Line to Shiretoko-shari Station in Shari-cho.

On the 21st of the day, workers used heavy machinery to replace them.

Because of this work, one high-speed “Setsutoko Mashu” line is suspended for 10 days from 21st to 25th of this month and 28th of this month to 1st of next month. To do.

During the period, it will be transported by bus.

Track repair work has been done in the middle of the night when there is no hindrance to the operation so far, but it was decided that the train was suspended because the construction at night was avoided and it was difficult to secure workers and work during the day is.

The suspension of trains due to labor shortages has also been carried out in JR West and is the first in JR Hokkaido.

Mr. Tsuneya Higashikawa, Deputy General Manager of JR Hokkaido Engineering Department, said, “The current situation is that the number of workers performing track maintenance is gradually decreasing year by year, and employment will become increasingly severe in the future. I ’m sorry to inconvenience you, but I ’d like you to understand it because it ’s necessary to ensure safe railway operation. ”