Greater increase in JR passengers in the Tokyo metropolitan area 54% increase from before the declaration was released June 8 16:07
Compared to the time before the declaration of emergency, the number of JR passengers in the Tokyo metropolitan area increased by 14% on the weekday of the 25th week of the cancellation, while it increased by 54% on the weekday of the last week. I found out.
Based on the number of people who passed through the automatic ticket gates, JR East compared the trends in the usage situation for five days on the weekdays from the 18th to the 22nd of the previous month immediately before the cancellation of the emergency declaration and on the weekdays after the cancellation.
According to it, those who used JR in the metropolitan area saw a 14% increase in the weekdays from the 25th to 29th of the month when the declaration was lifted, while the weekdays from the 1st to the 5th of this month last week. Is a rapid increase of 54%.
Of these, the morning commuting time on the Yamanote line also increased to 54% last week, up from 16% in the last week, and continued to increase while the "Tokyo alert" was issued to warn of the spread of the new coronavirus infection. I found out that
By station, compared with the time before the cancellation, in the weeks before and last week,
23% at Shibuya station increased to 72%
, 22% at Tokyo station
increased to 70%, and 22% at Shinjuku station increased to 67%. I am.
It means that nearly half of the customers have returned compared to the same period last year.
In the suburbs of Tokyo,
▽Chiba station 32% increased to 69%,
▽Omiya station 21% to 60%,
▽Yokohama station 20% to 58%.
On the other hand, the number of Shinkansen passengers increased by 74% last week, up 26% last week, and the number of long-distance travel has also increased sharply.
JR East said, “It seems that the number of users increased due to the fact that the capital eased the request for leave to step 2 and the suspension of school closures, and so on. The cooperation to alleviate the congestion of the railway such as staggered work and telework I would like to continue to ask."