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お盆期間、鉄道は前年同様好調 空の便は台風影響か
帰省客らで混雑するJR東京駅の東海道新幹線ホームJR旅客6社は17日、お盆期間の新幹線と在来線特急の利用実績を発表した。 The six passenger service firms of the Japan Railways Group said Monday that a total of about 13.21 million people used Shinkansen bullet trains and limited express services during the Bon summer holiday period from Aug. 7 to Sunday, almost unchanged from a year earlier.
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