Yamanote Line Time display until arrival of train Easy to understand for foreigners November 4: 10:51
JR East will switch the information display on the Yamanote Line home to a form that shows the time to arrival, such as “about 3 minutes later”. This is to make it easier for foreigners to understand for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
The information display was changed from 1st of this month at Ueno Station and Akihabara Station on the Yamanote Line, and the display that used to indicate the departure time so far shows the time until arrival, such as “about 3 minutes later”. became.
The display changes between 7 am and 11 pm, and the departure time is displayed as before in the early morning and late at night when the trains are spaced apart.
In overseas railways such as China and the United States, there are many cases of displaying the time until the train arrives, so the aim is to make the guide easier to understand for foreigners for the next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
A woman in her 60s who traveled from the United States said, “It ’s easier to see the clock and display it in the time it takes to arrive.”
The new display will be introduced at all stations on the Yamanote Line by July next year, so JR East said, “Whether it will be extended to stations other than the Yamanote Line, considers the reaction of users, etc. I want to do it. "