In March a train station in rural Japan will close.
It has been kept open for the past three years to enable one high school student to get to school and back home again.
From Mental Floss:
The remote Kami-Shirataki station—located in Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan—has been slowly losing riders. In fact, the demand was so low that even freight service was ended. Japan Railways planned to close the entire station for good—until they discovered the last consistent passenger: A single high schooler who continued to use the train to get to class every day.
Three years ago, the railway system decided to keep the station open until the student graduated school. The accommodating network even changed the train schedule to better fit the girl’s commute. Now, the train makes only two trips: One to bring the girl to class and one to bring her back home. This service will continue until her graduation in March of this year.
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