Number of passengers carried via JR Shinkansen in Japan FY 2022, by railway line

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Alexandru Arba,
Jan 4, 2024
In the fiscal year 2022, Japan Railways' Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed railway line carried around 133.61 million passengers, making it the most-traveled Shinkansen in Japan. Its traffic increased by 55.9 percent year on year. The Tokaido Shinkansen runs from Tokyo to Osaka and is named after the historical road taking the same route along Japan's eastern seacoast to connect the country's two most-populated regions.

Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in millions)

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Release date

December 2023

Region

Japan

Survey time period

fiscal year 2022; the Japanese fiscal years run from April 1 of the stated year to March 31 of the following year

Special properties

not including Akita Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen*

Supplementary notes

*The Japanese Shinkansen Railways Maintenance Law defines shinkansen as railway lines allowing trains to travel at 200 kilometers per hour and faster on its main sections.

Figures have been rounded.

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