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JAPAN - All Rail News

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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20.../#.XqvHFZqRVMM


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Coronavirus fears left the nation’s normally jam-packed bullet trains and expressways deserted on the first day of Golden Week on Saturday as the pace of infections showed little sign of slowing.

Many of the shinkansen leaving Tokyo Station Saturday were over 90 percent empty, railways said. Golden Week, a string of several closely timed national holidays, is traditionally one of the busiest times of year for the tourism industry.

“The train is empty as if one whole car is reserved just for me,” said a 43-year-old woman who was boarding at Tokyo Station to go to Nagoya to see her parents.

“I work in the finance industry and Golden Week is almost the only time I can go back home,” she said.
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Are there any before and after pics of what it looks like now?
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Are there any before and after pics of what it looks like now?
well it looks like an empty train?

I took this picture of my trip on the Akita Shinkansen. my car was totally empty.

this was in March. it was already emptying out by then. havent been able to ride it lately because companies are forbidding people to travel

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You're right, it does look like an empty train. I guess those guys that shove passengers into the cars are unemployed now.
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You're right, it does look like an empty train. I guess those guys that shove passengers into the cars are unemployed now.
usually those guys have other tasks and are rotated around.
ticketing
manning the ticket gates
train driving
maintenance
cleaning
and the dreaded, removing dead bodies
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usually those guys have other tasks and are rotated around.
ticketing
manning the ticket gates
train driving
maintenance
cleaning
and the dreaded, removing dead bodies
oh, I was under the impression that their entire job consisted of shoving passengers, kind of like reverse club bouncers
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https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/66155



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Nagoya to consider renaming four stations on the subway line

Nagoya city hall station -> Nagoya Castle station

the other three are

Denmacho Station -> Atsuta Jingu (Shrine) station

Nakamura ward office Station -> Taikodori station

Honjin Station -> ? (no mention)
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https://travel.watch.impress.co.jp/d...s/1255717.html


Translation summary

Kobe City will take over Hokushin Kyuko railway's line between Shin Kobe Station and Tanigami, and it will be commercialized from today.

Although the lines were already in operation, an agreement in 2018 meant that Kobe City will now take control of the full line

Kobe city will change the fares to match it with their existing subway fares. it will generally be cheaper

The fare from Shin-Kobe station to Tanigami station is 370 yen to 280 yen. The fare between Sannomiya Station and Tanigami Station will be reduced by half from 550 yen to 280 yen.

Finally, Hokushin will also transfer their mascot over to Kobe City which will continue to use it

(green, Kobe City's subway line, red the Hokushin's subway line, so basically from now on, the whole line is 'green')


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