ＧＷ予約、６割増１３４万席　東北新幹線も好調―ＪＲ６社

　ＪＲ旅客６社は１４日、今年のゴールデンウイーク期間（４月２８日～５月８日）の新幹線と在来線の指定席予約状況を公表した。新型コロナウイルス対策の「まん延防止等重点措置」などが解除されたこともあり、１３日時点の予約数は前年同期比６６％増の１３４万席となった。
　予約数は、３月の福島沖を震源とする地震で一部不通となった東北新幹線や、接続する山形、秋田、北海道の各新幹線を除いて集計。ＪＲ東日本によると、全面開通した東北新幹線の予約は１３日から始まり、山形、秋田両新幹線も合わせるとＧＷ期間中、既に約１１万４０００席が埋まった。同社は、７４％増となった上越、北陸両新幹線と同程度まで伸びると予想している。
　ＪＲ東海によると、東海道新幹線は前年同期比で２倍を超えたが、新型コロナ感染拡大前の２０１８年と比べると６２％にとどまり、担当者は「帰省や旅行を控える動きが一部で続いている」と分析した。ＪＲ西日本でも、１８年比では５６％となった。（2022/04/14-17:13）

The number of seats on Shinkansen superexpress and other trains of the Japan Railways Group that had been booked for this year's Golden Week holiday period in Japan stood at 1.34 million as of Wednesday, up 66 pct from a year before, the six JR passenger service firms said Thursday.
   The surge in seat reservations during the period between April 28 and May 8 came mainly because the government fully lifted its novel coronavirus pre-emergency last month.
   The figure does not include data for the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which had been partially closed due to damage from a strong earthquake that hit the Tohoku northeastern region March 16, as well as for the Yamagata, Akita and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines, all connected with the Tohoku Shinkansen Line.
   East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, on Wednesday started accepting reservations for trains on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, which fully reopened Thursday. Some 114,000 seats for the Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen trains during the Golden Week period have already been booked, according to JR East.
   Seat reservations for the Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines were up 74 pct from a year earlier as of Wednesday, JR East said.