Bikes on closed railways raise hopes of regional revitalization

Gifu – “Rail mountain bikes,” or trolleys pushed by bicycles, are more and more getting used on closed railway strains in Japan as a leisure exercise, providing pleasure for vacationers and others.

The thrilling expertise has additionally been attracting native governments’ consideration as a option to promote native revitalization by making use of web sites that after hosted railways, at a time when many prepare strains working via sparsely populated areas danger being scrapped as a result of declining populations.