Large holiday first day Public transportation is quiet New Coronavirus April 29, 12:43

Large holidays began on the 29th, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the use of public transportation such as the Shinkansen and air services was limited, and Tokyo Station and Haneda Airport were also quiet. I will.

According to JR companies, in the morning, the occupancy rate of unreserved seats on all Shinkansen trains is below 10%. Of these, the Joetsu Shinkansen departing at 7:04 am, "Max Toki 303", the Hokuriku Shinkansen departing at 7:52 am, "Hakutaka 553", etc., are non-reserved seats at the time of departure from the first Tokyo station. It means that the boarding rate was 0%.

According to JR companies, there are many reserved seats on the Shinkansen, and the reservation status as of 21st of this month is about 5% of the same period last year.

In addition, according to the airlines, ANA has reduced the number of domestic flights by 85% and ANA by 60%. According to Japan Airlines, the reservation status for all domestic flights from the 29th to the 6th of next month has dropped to 9.5% of the same period last year, and according to each airline company, reservations are being canceled one after another.

On the other hand, according to the Japan Road Traffic Information Center, so far there has been no congestion or congestion on expressways in various places.

At JR Tokyo Station

On the Shinkansen platform at JR Tokyo Station, the users were sparse and quiet. Despite the morning of the first day of the long holiday, I could not see my family traveling home or traveling on the Shinkansen platform at Tokyo Station. Most of the cars on the Shinkansen were vacant, and the shops at the platform were closed.

A 59-year-old woman who is returning home to her parents in Miyagi Prefecture to care for her parents in their 80s said, “I am returning to my parents' home three times a month, but this is the first time I've had so many people on a long holiday. I can't help but go there. Corona is not involved in nursing care, so I have to do it. "

In addition, a man in his 20s who was a new employee said, "I have to leave the hotel after my training, so I have to return to my parents' home. I was a little relieved because there were few people."

A man in his 60s who went to Takasaki City in Gunma Prefecture for work said, "I have to meet because there are people I have to meet. I was surprised to be rattled with one person in each car. Everyone cooperated. I think I am giving it. "

At Haneda Airport

At Haneda Airport, airline companies have drastically reduced flights, so we have closed and consolidated half of the departure lobbies at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 for domestic flights.

Of these, the departure lobby of Terminal 1 is crowded with a large number of families every year during the long holidays, but on the 29th, the passengers are sparse and quiet. Most of the flights were marked as canceled on the electronic bulletin board that showed departure status.

A woman in her fifties who was boarding a flight to Miyazaki said, "My mother in her eighties was carried in an ambulance, so I decided to go home soon."