Tokyo, Dec. 8.
Seeking to lessen seasonal congestion on trains during the Christmas and New Year holidays, Government railways will not issue notices about weather conditions this winter at popular skiing resorts. i Rauway officials will discontinue also the practice of posting advertisements suggesting trips to shrines, temples and hot springs resorts.
However, distribution of posters on journeys to the Ise Grand Shrine at at the New Year season will be continued.
It was announced that the number at passengers on the Tokaido line between Tokyo and Osaka had increased 20 per cent., while the amount of freight shipped over this route gained about 13 per cent—Domei.
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