Golden Week Period Usage Report
During the Golden Week period, Shinkansen and conventional line limited express trains saw 5.156 million users, a 105% increase from the previous year. Despite some service disruptions due to heavy rain and strong winds, overall usage surpassed the previous year, partly due to a favorable calendar arrangement for long holidays.
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- 📰 Published: May 8, 2026 at 04:35
- 🔍 Collected: May 7, 2026 at 20:02
- 🤖 AI Analyzed: May 7, 2026 at 20:16 (14 min after Collected)
During the Golden Week period, the usage of Shinkansen and conventional line limited express trains reached 5.156 million people, which is 105% compared to the previous year.
Although some lines experienced transportation disruptions due to heavy rain and strong winds, causing inconvenience to some passengers, the overall usage still exceeded that of the previous year.
Many customers utilized the services, partly because the calendar arrangement made it easy to take long consecutive holidays.
1. Usage of Shinkansen and conventional line limited express trains during the period (total for 16 major sections)
2. Usage status of main lines (total for up and down lines)
3. The day with the highest usage during the period
4. Short-distance usage (total number of users passing through automatic ticket gates with IC cards, etc.) [13 days from April 24 to May 6]
* 83.73 million people, 102% compared to the previous year
* Usage results for major stations
* *Excluding commuter pass usage
Although some lines experienced transportation disruptions due to heavy rain and strong winds, causing inconvenience to some passengers, the overall usage still exceeded that of the previous year.
Many customers utilized the services, partly because the calendar arrangement made it easy to take long consecutive holidays.
1. Usage of Shinkansen and conventional line limited express trains during the period (total for 16 major sections)
2. Usage status of main lines (total for up and down lines)
3. The day with the highest usage during the period
4. Short-distance usage (total number of users passing through automatic ticket gates with IC cards, etc.) [13 days from April 24 to May 6]
* 83.73 million people, 102% compared to the previous year
* Usage results for major stations
* *Excluding commuter pass usage