Dunno which country they are in but this has happened in a lot of places. This is a an infamous example in the UK: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cut

Dunno which country they are in but this has happened in a lot of places. This is a an infamous example in the UK: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts Which this politician who owned a major road engineering company was quite involved in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Marples https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Marples