Japan Keeps This Defunct Train Station Running for Just One Passenger
Lovely story. Hats off to Japan Railways. I&#x27;m also happy that The Atlantic&#x2F;Citylab decided to publish this story. And thanks &#x27;hudibras for submitting it here!<p>They say that it&#x27;s the money that makes the world turn, and love only keeps it together. It would be easy for the Railways to ignore that girl. There&#x27;s no economical reason to keep that station open. It&#x27;s a waste of time and resources. And yet, someone decided to make that random act of kindness, for a single passenger.<p>It&#x27;s a symbol. It represents the best side of our nature. That even in this big and complex world, full of heavy machines and complicated systems, we&#x27;re still humans, and we care for one another. That we aren&#x27;t slaves to the processes we brought into existence.<p>Random acts of kindness like that are happening every day around us. I think that as a society, we need to pay more attention to them. They bring hope and inspiration, which is infinitely better than yet another outrage.<p>And that girl, she will have one hell of a story to tell to her future friends.<p>--<p>The article links to a Facebook page with some more photos:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.facebook.com&#x2F;cctvnewschina&#x2F;posts&#x2F;1109784289062390" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.facebook.com&#x2F;cctvnewschina&#x2F;posts&#x2F;110978428906239...</a>