According to a recent local government research, a proposed light rail transit system service that would connect the base of Mount Fuji to its fifth station might carry 3.36 million passengers a year.
According to an initial assessment, Yamanashi Prefecture is considering a double-track line that would run two-car trains every six minutes for ten hours every day in order to spread out the summer tourist influx and cut down on vehicle emissions.
The line would follow the Fuji Subaru Line, a toll road that leads to the fifth station, which is the beginning of one of the most well-liked hiking routes on the mountain.
The prefectural government should build the lines while a private operator runs the trains, according to the prefecture’s estimates of capital investment, which would come to 148.6 billion yen.
The analysis estimates that over a 40-year period, the transportation system will generate a profit of 184.8 billion yen for the prefecture and 420.7 billion yen for the operator, assuming 3 million passengers annually at 10,000 yen per person.
The prefecture intends to provide input on the project’s future course by the end of the year in response to local citizens’ opposition.
“There are challenges, but it is achievable,” Kotaro Nagasaki, the governor of Yamanashi, stated during a late-October press conference.
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