Kintetsu `` Fresh Fish Train '' To end operation next month In a history of more than 50 years 8:22 on February 16
A peddler transports fresh fish caught in the sea of the Ise-Shima region of Mie Prefecture to Osaka, etc., and a dedicated train of Kintetsu, which has been familiar with the name of `` Fresh Fish Train '', will be closed by next month's schedule revision. Was.
The trains depart from Ujiyamada Station in Ise City and Uehonmachi Station in Osaka every morning except Sundays and holidays.
According to Kintetsu, this train is a chartered train of a union of fresh fish peddlers, and is responsible for transporting fresh fish landed at fishing ports in the Ise-Shima region to Osaka and Nara in the early morning of 1963. I have been familiar with.
During the peak season, more than 100 peddlers used it, but due to the increase in transportation by car and the number of users decreasing, Kintetsu became a dedicated train according to the schedule revision next month Decided to end the service.
From the early morning of next month, a train dedicated to peddlers will be connected to the end of an express train departing from Matsusaka Station in Mie Prefecture. It will end the history of more than a year.