Japan: workday railway passenger volume by metropolis

In 2015, around 44.1 million passengers used the railways in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area on a typical workday. This traffic was several times higher than that of the other two major metropolitan areas combined. In the Kinki Area, the share of regular tickets was exceptionally high.

Number of railway passengers per workday in Japan's three major metropolitan areas in 2015, by area (in millions)

Characteristic	Total	Fixed-term commutation tickets	Regular tickets
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March 2017

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

October to November, 2015

Special properties

combined passenger traffic of railway operators; figures have been rounded by the source

Supplementary notes

The metropolitan areas comprised the following prefectures:

Greater Tokyo Area: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tochigi, and Yamanashi.
Chukyo Metropolitan Area: Aichi, Gifu, and Mie (northeastern part).
Kinki Metropolitan Area: Osaka, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama, and Mie (Iga City, Nabari City).

The survey limited the areas above to municipalities meeting the following criteria:
Railway commute time within 120-minutes to Tokyo Station or Osaka Station, or 90-minutes to Nagoya Station.
At least a three-percent share of commuters, but at least 500 people, working or attending school in the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Nagoya, or Osaka City.

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