震災で気仙沼線の海沿いの鉄道はずたずたに破壊されました。br/ 鉄道の復旧には相当の時間とお金がかかるので一部はバスがつなぎます。br/ 線路をコンクリートで固めた路線をバスが走ります。br/ 気仙沼線と大船渡線両線の復旧にかかる費用は膨大なので、br/ 鉄路の復旧は断念され、BRT＊を存続させる方針になったそうです。br/ 仙台から南三陸や気仙沼に行くのは、以前にまして遠く感じます。br/ 仙台から東京に行くより遠く感じます。br/ たまに行く人間でもきついと感じますが、地元の方には日々の事。br/ 津波は、乗り継ぎなく、のんびりと乗るローカル電車旅を奪ったままですbr/ いつの日か電車が全てに通って欲しいです。br/br/ span class="small"strong仙台のＹ /strongbr/ 宮城県気仙沼市気仙沼駅前 2015年6月 撮影/spanbr/span class="small"＊BRTは、バス・ラピッド・トランジット（バス高速輸送システム）の略/spanbr/ _______________________________br/ br/The Kesennuma Line railroad along the coast was torn apart by the disasters. Because it takes a considerable amount of time and money to restore the railway, the tracks were paved over so that buses could reconnect the severed stations instead.br/ I hear that because the cost of maintenance for both the Kesennuma and Ofunato Line is so high, they plan to abandon the restoration of railroads and continue the BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system.br/ Traveling from Sendai to Minami Sanriku and Kesennuma feels farther than ever. br/ It feels farther than traveling from Sendai to Tokyo. Traveling is rough even for those who only go there once in awhile mdash; let alone the local people who use this line daily. br/ Ever since the tsunami, we can no longer travel around this area without having to transfer lines.br/ I hope the entire line could be reconnected one day.br/br/ span class="small"strongY from Sendai/strongbr/ Photo: In front of Kesennuma Station, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, June 2015/span