ＪＲ東日本、時差通勤でポイント　来春から首都圏で

　ＪＲ東日本は１０日、平日朝のラッシュ時間帯を避け「Ｓｕｉｃａ（スイカ）」定期券で乗車した場合にポイントを付与するサービスを来春から１年間限定で実施すると発表した。対象は首都圏の在来線。新型コロナウイルス流行に伴うテレワークの浸透などで利用客は減少しているが、オフピークの利用を促してさらに分散化させる狙いだ。
　ポイント付与にはスイカ定期券を「ＪＲＥ　ＰＯＩＮＴ」サービスに登録する必要がある。時間帯は路線によって異なるが、ピーク前後に入場すると、乗車や駅ビル、同社オンライン通販サイトでの買い物などに使えるポイントが付与される。
　深沢祐二社長は１０日の記者会見で、「（利用客数が）戻ってきてもピークが高くならないようにしたい」と強調。サービス実施期間の終了後の対応は「利用状況を見て判断したい」と語った。（2020/11/10-19:11）

East Japan Railway Co. , or JR East, said Tuesday that it will run a reward point program for a year from next spring to further promote staggered commuting.
   The railway operator will give points to passengers who use commuter pass functions of their Suica train fare cards in off-peak hours in the morning on weekdays. JR East's train lines in the Tokyo metropolitan region, excluding Shinkansen bullet train lines, will be subject to the reward scheme.
   At a time when many workers are already adopting teleworking amid the novel coronavirus epidemic, the company is seeking to further disperse commuters in morning hours.
   Users of the program will need to register their Suica commuter passes with the "JRE Point" service in order to receive the points. The points, to be given out when users pass through the ticket gates for riding train before and after the morning rush hour, can be used to pay for train trips and purchases at shops inside station buildings and JR East's online stores. The specific time of the day when the program applies will differ from line to line.
   "We want to prevent the number of passengers in peak hours from increasing sharply after people come back," JR East President Yuji Fukasawa said at a press conference Tuesday. On the company's plans after the end of the one-year scheme, Fukasawa said that JR East wants to make a decision based on the level of the use of the program.