ＧＷ旅客、過去２番目の少なさ　昨年からは大幅増―ＪＲ・航空各社

　ＪＲ旅客６社は６日、ゴールデンウイーク（ＧＷ）期間（４月２８日～５月５日）の新幹線と在来線の利用実績を発表した。新幹線を含む特急・急行列車の乗客（主要４６区間）は、前年比約５．７倍増の約２９６万人に上ったが、１９９０年の集計開始以降、昨年に次いで２番目に少なかった。
　新型コロナウイルス感染拡大前だった前々年との比較では７４％減。６社の中ではＪＲ西日本が同７８％減と減少幅が最も大きかった。同社の担当者は「緊急事態宣言で移動自粛の傾向がより強く出たかもしれない」と推測した。
　航空各社も４月２９日～５月５日の実績を発表した。国内線の総利用者数は約１０９万人で、前年の１０倍余りとなった。前々年比では全日本空輸が６３．４％減、日本航空が６３．５％減だった。（2021/05/06-17:35）

The number of passengers on Shinkansen and other Japan Railways Group express trains during this year's Golden Week holiday period was second lowest on record, data showed Thursday.
   The six JR Group passenger service companies said the combined number of express train passengers between April 28 and Wednesday came to 2.96 million, up 5.7-fold from the level during the same holiday period of 2020, which was the lowest since statistics began in 1990.
   Passenger traffic has remained low due to the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus. The latest passenger figure was down 74 pct compared with the Golden Week period of 2019, before the outbreak of the virus.
   Of the six JR companies, West Japan Railway Co. , or JR West, which operates the Sanyo Shinkansen bullet train line, saw the biggest year-on-year drop of 78 pct this year.
   A fresh state of emergency over the coronavirus "may have increased the tendency to refrain from going out," a JR West official said. The state of emergency has been in place since April 25, covering Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures, which are all in JR West's service area, and Tokyo, included in the service area of East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East.