Couple trainpoasts to blow your mind on this lovely Friday
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Paris Gard du Nord, with some 520,000 daily passengers, is the 24th busiest station in the world...and the busiest outside of Japan.
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The busiest station, Shinjuku, pulls 3.64 million per day, or 1.3 billion per year.
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Ikebukuro, Shibuya, Yokohama, and Tokyo stations also all pull over 1 million passengers every day.
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The main operator in the area is East Japan Railway, or JR East. It accounts for over 15 million passengers per day, 5.6 b/yr
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The next busiest operator, Tokyo Metro, is one of two subway companies serving Tokyo--6.3 mil/day, 2.3 bil/yr
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Tokyo Metro is a private company, whereas its competitor, Toei Subway, is run by the city government.pic.twitter.com/xO7kqAIyUq
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After Tokyo Metro, the next busiest operator is Tokyu Corp, with 2.9 mil/day - 1.0 bil/yrpic.twitter.com/LhIqB7x0aV
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Tobu Railway comes in 4th; its vast suburban network draws 2.4 mil/day - 863 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/RFU1SxeBCq
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After Tobu, the Toei Subway makes a showing with 2.3 mil/day - 849 mil/yr This is the only publicly-owned company that even ranks...
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My favorite operator, Odakyu, ranks 6th in the area with 1.9 mil/day - 710 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/EaRnltvKli
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Next is Odakyu's great rival, Keio: 1.7 mil/day - 630 mil/year Keio's trains feature prominently in Miyazaki filmspic.twitter.com/3gdHCA486q
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Seibu Railway: 1.7 mil/day - 618 mil/year famous for their bright yellow trains, but also for the "Smile Train"pic.twitter.com/rNw6jWFpb2
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Keikyu Railway uses standard gauge trains, like USA, and serves Haneda Airport. 1.2 mil/day - 441 mil/yearpic.twitter.com/JH1DdOG9d0
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Keisei, serving Narita Int'l Airport with their "Skyliner," also uses standard gauge. 712,000/day - 260 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/TYkXTNCKW3
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Finally, Sotetsu, the smallest of the "major" operators: 624,000/day - 228 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/zNj239ZHTa
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These top 11 rail operators account for a combined 37 million riders every day, 92.5% of all rail ridership in the region.
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And this concludes today's trainpoasting. See you again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKxxK9Cb6fk …
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Appendix: someone made a tribute to that song using Japanese toy trains:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akdh_j-yWtQ …
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