从1990年1月15日以来,担负加拿大城市间旅客运输的VIAR公司的路网,削减了约51％。线路数量从38条减少到20条,列车辆数从每周405辆,减到191辆,年度列车公里从1930万km减到960万km。这样大幅度削减是由于政府的补助要在4年中,从每年6亿加拿大元压缩到每年2.5亿元(约280亿日元)。VIAR公司1988年的支出收 Since January 15, 1990, the road network of VIAR Corporation, which operates passenger transport between cities in Canada, has been reduced by about 51%. The number of lines was reduced from 38 to 20, the number of trains reduced from 405 vehicles per week to 191 vehicles, and the annual train kilometers reduced from 19.3 million km to 9.6 million km. This drastic reduction is due to government subsidies to be reduced from 600 million Canadian dollars annually to 250 million yuan (about 28 billion Japanese yen) in four years. VIAR company’s expenditures in 1988 received