President Shin Kaneko of JR Tokai will recover to 80% of the number of users of the Tokaido Shinkansen by the beginning of the year, considering that the number of users has recovered since last month when the state of emergency was lifted in all areas. I showed expectations that it might be.
President Kaneko of Central Japan Railway Company held a press conference on the 26th.
Among them, President Kaneko said that the number of users of the Tokaido Shinkansen last month when the state of emergency was lifted in all regions was 49% compared to the same month three years ago before the spread of the new coronavirus. I made it clear.
Also, according to the preliminary figures from the 1st to the 25th of this month, the number of Tokaido Shinkansen users has recovered to 58% compared to the same period three years ago.
Regarding the breaking news in November, President Kaneko said, "Travel demand is recovering ahead of time. We believe that business demand will return after this."
On top of that, he expressed his expectation that the recovery trend will continue and that it will return to 80% three years ago between January and March next year.