Sentence 1: Services for people using these offices would be provided in a less expensive way, using contract stations in some cases.

Sentence 2: The new way is being ushered in because many people complained.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: it is not possible to tell

Sentence 1: However, the end of the golden age was drawing near.

Sentence 2: The golden age was coming to an end.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: In the mountains of Tochigi Prefecture, about 150 km (93 miles) north of Tokyo by train, Nikko is the final resting place of Ieyasu, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, who died in 1616.

Sentence 2: You can get to the Tochigi Prefecture by foot in a day, you have to use the train or a car.
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Answer:
it is not possible to tell