My focus today--and I promise this thread won't be long--is on the sheer scale of the Tokyo rail networkpic.twitter.com/OXDDnmuCPH
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Tobu Railway comes in 4th; its vast suburban network draws 2.4 mil/day - 863 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/RFU1SxeBCq
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...
My favorite operator, Odakyu, ranks 6th in the area with 1.9 mil/day - 710 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/EaRnltvKli
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
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
Keikyu Railway uses standard gauge trains, like USA, and serves Haneda Airport. 1.2 mil/day - 441 mil/yearpic.twitter.com/JH1DdOG9d0
Keisei, serving Narita Int'l Airport with their "Skyliner," also uses standard gauge. 712,000/day - 260 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/TYkXTNCKW3
Finally, Sotetsu, the smallest of the "major" operators: 624,000/day - 228 mil/yrpic.twitter.com/zNj239ZHTa
These top 11 rail operators account for a combined 37 million riders every day, 92.5% of all rail ridership in the region.
And this concludes today's trainpoasting. See you again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKxxK9Cb6fk …
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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