年末年始、予約１６％増　コロナ前比では７割―ＪＲ６社

　ＪＲ旅客６社は１６日、年末年始（１２月２８日～１月５日）の指定席予約状況（１５日時点）をまとめた。新幹線と在来線の予約数は前年同期比１６％増の２８３万席だった。新型コロナウイルスの影響は残っているが、旅行や帰省需要は回復傾向にある。
　内訳は新幹線が１５％増の２３２万席、在来線は１９％増の５１万席。下りのピークは１２月２９、３０日、上りは１月３日という。
　コロナ感染拡大前の２０１８～１９年の年末年始と比べると、予約数は７割にとどまった。ＪＲ東日本の担当者は「今回は１８～１９年に比べ、曜日の配列が良くなかった」と話した。（2022/12/16-17:24）

The number of train seats reserved for the year-end and New Year holiday period stood at 2.83 million as of Thursday, up 16 pct from a year before, according to data released by six Japan Railways Group companies on Friday.
   Demand for train services for travel and homecomings is on a recovery track, although the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has yet to be wiped out, observers said.
   For the period between Dec. 28 and Jan. 5, 2.32 million Shinkansen bullet train seats were booked, up 15 pct, and 510,000 seats for other trains, up 19 pct.
   Seat reservations are expected to peak Dec. 29-30 for outbound services, including those from Tokyo, and on Jan. 3 for inbound journeys, including those to the capital.
   The number of reservations is equivalent to 70 pct of the level during the holiday period around the turn of the year in 2018-2019, before the pandemic battered travel demand.