“Established suspension” for JR companies. The lesson learned from the past lesson is August 14th, 17:19.

With the approach of Typhoon No. 10, JR companies have already decided “planned suspension” for the Shinkansen and conventional lines on the 15th, and sent information on their websites and SNS. It is said that there are lessons learned from the past that the JR companies are making early judgments and actively disseminating information.

With the approach of Typhoon No. 10, JR Kyushu, Shikoku, West Japan, and Tokai have already announced “planned suspension” for Shinkansen and conventional lines on the 15th.

According to JR companies, the movement to judge and announce “planned suspension” in advance like this time has been spreading in recent years.

The background of the spread of these movements to the companies is the confusion caused by the typhoon last September. At this time, railway companies carried out “planned suspension” on conventional lines, mainly in the Tokyo metropolitan area, etc., but there were people who could not go home without knowing “planned suspension” because the information was not well-known. The issues remained, such as being confused.

In response to this, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism created a “timeline” that summarizes the timing of the announcement of “planned suspension” in order to inform railway companies of the possibility of “planned suspension” as soon as possible. We have compiled guidelines for using websites and SNS.

Based on these guidelines, JR Kyushu will announce that, as of the 12th, “There is a risk of suspension in Oita, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima prefectures from the evening of the 14th” and the following announcement: We use a homepage to inform users in advance of when the timing will be.

JR Kyushu says, “I am more conscious of conveying information as quickly as possible and using the website and SNS in an easy-to-understand manner due to the disruption in September last year and the guidelines created by the government.”

On the other hand, JR West has announced that it will be suspended by the evening of the previous day if a strong typhoon is expected to approach from 4 years ago. The day before we approached, we had decided and announced “planned suspension” such as the Shinkansen.

And this time, at the morning of the 13th, it announced that “the possibility of giving up driving on the 15th on the Shinkansen and the conventional line”.

JR West says, “In response to the national guidelines, we are trying to make the timing to convey the possibility early, and the consciousness to convey information to the user sooner is getting stronger”.