Japan: busiest main railway lines in Nagoya 2021

In the fiscal year 2021, the city-operated Meijo/Meiko Line in Japan's Nagoya Metropolitan Area had the busiest main railway line section of the region, reaching a congestion rate of 123 percent between Higashi Betsuin and Kamimaezu. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion rates decreased in the Nagayo Area from around 130 to 110 percent.

Main railway line sections with the highest congestion rates in Japan's Nagoya Metropolitan Area in fiscal year 2021

Characteristic	Congestion rate**
Meijo/Meiko Line, Higashi Betsuin - Kamimaezu	123%
Meitetsu Nagoya Line (East), Jingu-mae - Kanayama	122%
Meitetsu Nagoya Line (West), Sako - Meitetsu Nagoya	121%
Higashiyama Line, Nagoya - Fushimi	120%
Kintetsu Nagoya Line, Komeno - Kintetsu-Nagoya	106%
Chuo Line, Shin-Moriyama - Ozone	104%
Tsurumai Line, Shiogama-guchi - Yagoto	95%
Tokaido Line, Biwajima - Nagoya	82%

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

October to November 1, 2021; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year

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including main sections* only

Supplementary notes

*Main sections refer to those sections that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has surveyed continuously in its congestion statistics.
**According to the source, the MLIT defines a 100 percent congestion as a situation where the train carries the designated capacity of passengers (they can either take a seat, grab a hanging strap, or grab a stanchion next to a door). In contrast, 150 percent is a situation where passengers can still comfortably read an unfolded newspaper. The rate represents the average level of congestion during the busiest hour.

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