Japan: busiest main railway lines in Osaka 2021

In the fiscal year 2021, the Kintetsu-operated Nara Line in Japan's Osaka Metropolitan Area had the busiest main railway line section in the region, reaching a congestion rate of 119 percent between Kawauchi-Eiwa and Fuse. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, congestion rates decreased in the Osaka Area from around 125 to 104 percent.

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

Characteristic	Congestion rate**
Nara Line, Kawauchi-Eiwa - Fuse	119%
Midosuji Line, Umeda - Yodoyabashi	118%
Osaka Line, Shuntokumichi - Fuse	117%
Katamachi Line, Shigino - Kyobashi	116%
Kobe Main Line, Kanzakigawa - Juso	115%
Kintetsu Kyoto Line, Mukaijima - Momoyamagoryomae	112%
Minami Osaka Line, Kita-Tanabe - Imagawa	111%
Takarazuka Main Line, Mikuni - Juso	111%
Keihan Main Line, Noe - Kyobashi	109%
Nankai Main Line, Kohama - Kishinosato-Tamade	109%

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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; congestion rates of 105 percent and over

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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