@article{oai:sucra.repo.nii.ac.jp:00017014,
 author = {安藤, 陽},
 journal = {社会科学論集, SHAKAIKAGAKU－RONSHU (The Social Science Review)},
 month = {},
 note = {This paper examines the management of publicly owned local railways in difficult conditions over a period of 30 years, focusing on changes in the government transport policy.
In 1980, publicly owned local railways moved from Japan National Railways（JNR） to the ownership of local authorities. Since then, the ownership of local authorities and how to maintain local public transport has been questioned, with the focus of arguments on the difficult conditions to maintain the railways, the management strategy of railways under deficit management, the support and subsidy of government and local authorities for local railways, the social meaning of railways as public transport, and the role of passengers and inhabitants.
The government and the JNR transferred the management responsibility of local railways to the local authorities, for which managing railways was a burden. The government still compels the local authorities to manage railways independently, but it had to subsidize the local railways to maintain safety after rail accidents, and to confront the depopulation by cutting public transport including railways.
The government then had to subsidize the local railways after the Great Earthquake and Tsunami in 2011. One example is the Sanriku Railway Company, which was subsidized because of the enthusiasm of passengers and inhabitants, the corporate social responsibility of the railway company, the strong decisions of local authorities to maintain their railways, and the government's recognition of the role of railways in the rural areas.
The publicly owned local railways are still in a difficult situation and receive few government subsidies. However, they remain inside a framework of government support to public transport because many stakeholders recognize that railways are important public transport in rural areas. They can continue to play the role of public transport, not as enterprises mainly concerned with profit, but as social infrastructure in the local society, and with public support and subsidies in cooperation with local authorities, railway companies and rail passengers and inhabitants., text, application/pdf},
 pages = {1--19},
 title = {第三セクター鉄道の成立・展開・課題 : 三陸鉄道, 30年の軌跡を踏まえて《特別論文》},
 volume = {142},
 year = {2014},
 yomi = {アンドウ, アキラ}
}