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The six JR Group passenger railway companies will revise their timetables on March 18, 2023 (Sat), speeding up and increasing the number of trains on the Shinkansen, opening new stations on conventional lines, and improving transportation through the progress of double-tracking.
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From New Year’s Eve 2022 to New Year’s Day 2023, JR East will operate trains all night on some lines in the Tokyo metropolitan area, and will run extra limited express trains that go directly to the first sunrise spot in the suburbs.
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As a new means of boarding without using a ticket, JR East will gradually expand the ride service using “QR code” to all lines from the Tohoku area from the late 2024.
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In order to resume international traffic of people, the Japanese government has relaxed border measures related to COVID-19 and started operation from Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
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WILLER EXPRESS (Headquarters: Koto City, Tokyo) and Tokyu Bus (Headquarters: Meguro City, Tokyo) will start low-priced direct bus routes (LCB: Low-Cost Bus) connecting Ikebukuro / Shibuya in central Tokyo and Narita Airport on August 1, 2022 (Mon).
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Tokyo Metro will discontinue some of the Wi-Fi services that it has provided mainly to foreigners visiting Japan on their trains without renewing the contract with the telecommunications carrier.
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The Metropolitan Intercity Railway will release a special ticket “TX! 1-Day Open Ticket” that allows you to get on and off the all Tsukuba Express line for 1 day during the winter vacation.
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Hokuso Railway will release the “Hokuso Line 1-day ticket” (for adults and children), which can be used for a longer period than usual to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Keisei Electric Railway announced all-night operation from December 31, 2020 (Thursday) New Year’s Eve to January 1, 2021 (Friday) New Year Day, and a special timetable to be held during the year-end and New Year holidays.
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Keisei Electric Railway announced that they will review the timetable in the spring of 2021 and move the last train time ahead and the first train time behind on the Keisei Main Line.
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