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Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon from #TrainTwitter, we have a few educational announcements this fine afternoon...pic.twitter.com/UVY1lWgESl
The number of passengers carried every year by the combined railways of Japan is close to the number of people alive in the world today.
Specifically: annual rail ridership in Japan is 7.3 billion passengers This is accomplished on 27,000 km of track, 20,000 km electrified
Compare this with Germany, which carries 2 billion per year on 41,000 km of track...or even China, which carries 2.4 billion on 121,000 km
The only country carrying more *total passengers* per year, as far as I know, is India: 8.4 billion on 69,000 km of track
Other countries: France: 1.1 billion Russia: 1.3 billion UK: 1.7 billion
Statistics for the USA are not compiled on a nationwide basis...Amtrak carries about 30 million per year, but commuter rail carries far more
This is very telling; it is because of the strength of its commuter rail that Japan carries so many passengers every year
Aside from the JR Group, most private railways in Japan are concentrated on the needs of urban and suburban riders
And even the JR Group derives the vast majority of its ridership from urban commuter lines, not high-speed rail or regional rail
But look at what else this means: excellent regional rail and rural rail is still viable, so long as urban/suburban ridership supports it
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