People love to argue that the USA is too large, too sparse, and/or too rich to support passenger rail. By all these metrics, South Korea should have much heavier rail use than Japan. But in real life...
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Ridership on High Speed Rail nationwide:
421m
57m
Ridership on Subway + Suburban Railway in capital area:
13.5b (only counting top 11 operators)
3.8b
Total ridership on "national" rail system (JR Group & Korail):
9.1b (5% on HSR)
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Passenger rail use in Japan is FAR higher than in South Korea, which despite generally higher population density than Japan, relies far more on cars for transportation. This is not to say that density has NO relevance for passenger rail--but it's less important than you think!
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Frequency of service, network extent/structure; these are both bigger factors--no matter how crowded your city (or country) is, YOU CAN'T USE A TRAIN THAT ISN'T THERE! So remember: - FREQUENCY IS FREEDOM - DENSITY ISN'T DESTINY Thank you for riding with
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