ＪＲ６社のお盆予約、昨年比２．７倍　コロナ影響で鈍化も

　ＪＲ旅客６社は２６日、お盆期間（８月１０～１７日）の指定席予約状況を発表した。新幹線と在来線の予約数は、昨年と比べ約２．７倍に増加したが、新型コロナウイルスの感染急拡大の影響で、想定より低い伸び率になったという。
　ＪＲ各社によると、２５日時点で新幹線が前年比約２．８倍の１４０万席、在来線は約２．４倍の３３万席。ピークは下りが１１日、上りが１４日と予想される。
　ＪＲ東日本管内は前年比２倍超となったが、コロナ前の２０１８年比では約６割にとどまる。担当者は「直近のコロナ急拡大の影響で、予約の伸びが鈍化している」と話した。（2022/07/26-16:26）

The number of train seat reservations for the "Bon" summer holiday period in August increased about 2.7-fold from the year-before levels, according to six Japan Railways Group companies' announcements on Tuesday.
   The increase is slower than expected, due to the ongoing surge in new coronavirus cases, the companies said.
   As of Monday, 1.4 million seats were booked for Shinkansen bullet trains between Aug. 10 and 17, up about 2.8-fold, and 330,000 seats for other trains, up some 2.4-fold.
   Aug. 11 is expected to be the busiest day for downbound trains including those from Tokyo, and Aug. 14 for upbound trains including those to the capital.
   Among the six companies, reservations for trains run by East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, more than doubled year on year but was only about 60 pct of the levels in the summer of 2018, before the coronavirus pandemic began.