JR East Reports All Local Lines in the Red for 2024.

Breaking news "Gunma Prefecture."
By AI from "Isesaki FM."

JR East has released its 2024 income and expenditure figures for its regional lines, including the Agatsuma Line between Naganohara-Kusatsuguchi and Omae, revealing that all 71 sections of the 36 lines disclosed were in the red. Transportation revenue was approximately 6.2 billion yen, operating expenses approximately 85.3 billion yen, and the total deficit was approximately 79 billion yen. This was apparently due to track repair costs that were postponed due to COVID-19. In Gunma Prefecture, the Agatsuma Line and the Joetsu Line posted losses of 448 million yen and 1.771 billion yen, respectively. JR East stated that "decreased usage will continue in the long term."