With an appropriate visualization of, on the rise scarcity of truck drivers and likely traffic constraints for the duration of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have impelled delivery services to deem hauling parcels via the Tokyo Subway system.

A viability Parcel Delivery study shall be carried arriving autumn on Tokyo Metro Co.’s Yarakucho Line and Tobu Railway Co.’s Tobu Tojo Line, that ties up with the Yurakucho Line. Sagwa Express Co. , Japan Post Co. , and Yamato Transport Co. shall be included in the tryout.

If all goes well and the Parcel Delivery scheme turn into a reality, it would be the very first subway freight service in the capital- Tokyo.

Wielding the subway for carrying Parcel Delivery will allow delivery companies to sustain steady delivery times without being influenced by traffic jam.

Foreseeing traffic restraints for the period of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the companies are deeming substitute transportation networks.

The run of Parcel delivery vehicles towards central Tokyo may be limited, as a  remedy against the flares of terrorism and traffic jam.  The subway freight service is likely to tune balance the role of trucks.

A transport ministry official of high-ranking, said, “If subway freight trains serve as a substitute for trucks in central Tokyo, where there is a high demand for delivery services, it will alleviate the growing shortage of truck drivers.”

Although future required to devote freight trains for Parcel Delivery, usual subway trains shall be put to use the tryout to haul parcels during effective hours.

The unloading locations of Parcel Delivery will be at three top tier station in central Tokyo-Yarakucho, Shintomicho and Ginza-Itchome — to inspect the run of hauling and delivery.

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If the subway freight service develops to the entire nine lines of  Tokyo Metro, the this development will cover the entire city. But, this may call for re-engineering of subways, as these stations are  not structured with a purpose of freight transportation.

Thus, the current design may hinder securing work areas for unloading deliveries in the subway.