Reserved seats for JR East temporary trains Sales will be suspended until the end of next month April 3 22:45
JR East has decided to suspend sales of reserved seats until the end of next month for temporary trains such as Shinkansen, which are scheduled to operate after the major holidays, as the number of passengers is decreasing due to the new coronavirus.
According to JR East, the new reserved seats will be forgotten for the Shinkansen temporary trains scheduled to be operated from the 7th to the 31st of next month.
165 There are 165 Hokuriku Shinkansens, 149 Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansens, 74 Yamagata Shinkansens, 59 Joetsu Shinkansens, and 28 Akita Shinkansens.
In addition, 141 express trains and high-speed trains on conventional lines such as "Odoriko" and "Azusa" will be forgotten to sell reserved seats.
JR East had previously canceled the reservation of reserved seats for temporary trains during the long holiday period, but this is a further extension.
Regarding the use of the JR East Shinkansen, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, it decreased by about 50% from 1 to 15 last month compared to the same time last year.