Japan is famous for its high speed bullet trains. However, one of the most spectacular lines in the country has a top speed of only 20 kilometers an hour. It maybe slow compared to the bullet train of Japan, but nothing can match to the railway of the wildness of the Japanese which attracts a million of people every year to come to make this journey. By keeping the train going is a tough job for the maintenance crew who take the customer service seriously. They make sure that the tracks are clear as they wind through steep mountain sides. According to one crew, nothing is mechanized. They do everything by hand and it is physically very demanding. At the start of the summer, the team travels at the line which is originally built to transport materials for the construction of a hydro-electric dam. This is one of the few railways in the world that has to be rebuilt every year. The bridges over the mountain streams are disassembled during the winter to prevent them from being swept away by avalanches. The crews get the tracks under the tunnel where they are being kept during the long freeze. The crew must carefully balance themselves at the torrent to put them back together. One slit could spell disaster. It all has to be finish in time for the railway to reopen on the summer season. Even though the trains are running again the work is not yet done. Every night there is maintenance to keep up with. The crew wanted to make sure the safety of their passengers. The train runs through a gorge in the north of the country where the area is so mountainous and snowy. The service can only run in the summer season. Japan’s Slowest Train Offers Best Views is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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