JR not on board with preserving historic railway embankment

[gmat]

From The Asahi Shimbun   25 Mar 21.   Takanawa Embankment. Tokyo, part of the first railway service. 

JR not on board with preserving historic railway embankment

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14279424

 

An earlier article on the same.  The Aasahi Shimbun 23 Jan 21

Ruins of railway embankment built 150 years ago shown

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14105718

 

Grant

[Kiha66]

A historic photograph of the original embankment.  Crazy how far the shoreline has moved since then!  I'm very impressed with the pulling power of that early locomotive.
 

 

[bikkuri bahn]

Quote

 

JR East plans to preserve section of Meiji-era railway remains in Tokyo

JR East President Yuji Fukasawa said at a press conference on Tuesday that the Takanawa railway embankment will be partially preserved at the existing site.

... it will preserve part of the about 730-meter-long embankment at an estimated cost of ¥30 billion to ¥40 billion.

 

https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007290075

Edited April 12, 2021 by bikkuri bahn

[bikkuri bahn]

TV news report:

 

JR East feature about the embankment, second half details the section (section 4) which has the remains of a signal installation base:

 

[roadstar_na6]

I wonder if they'll preserve 73, 7.3 or 0.73m of it...