ＧＷ旅客、昨年比２．４５倍　新型コロナ前の７．５割―ＪＲ各社

　ＪＲ旅客６社は９日、ゴールデンウイーク（ＧＷ）期間（４月２８日～５月８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２．４５倍の約９０７万５０００人に上ったが、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大前だった２０１８年との比較では約７．５割にとどまった。
　前年を大きく上回った要因は、感染拡大以降初めて緊急事態宣言やまん延防止等重点措置などの行動制限なしに迎えたＧＷだったことや、最大１０連休となる曜日配列の良さとみられる。（2022/05/09-16:26）

The number of passengers on Shinkansen bullet trains and other Japan Railways Group express trains during this year's Golden Week holiday period grew some 2.45-fold from the same period in the previous year, data showed Monday.
   The combined passenger number in the period between April 28 and Sunday totaled about 9,075,000, according to the data from the six JR Group passenger service companies. Still, the figure was down about 25 pct from the level in the same holiday period in 2018, before the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
   The sharp year-on-year growth came chiefly because no coronavirus-linked movement restrictions, such as those under a state of emergency or pre-emergency, were in place during the holiday period spanning from late April to early May for the first time since the start of the crisis. In addition, some people were able to take up to 10 consecutive holidays during this year's Golden Week period.
   But none of the six companies were able to log an increase in their passenger traffic during this year's Golden Week period compared with the 2018 levels. "As conditions were good for this year's Golden Week period, we wanted our passenger number to be a little higher," an official at one of the six firms said.
   An official of East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, noted that its Tohoku, Akita and Yamagata Shinkansen lines were operated on temporary timetables during the holiday period due to the effects of a powerful earthquake that hit the Tohoku northeastern region in mid-March.