Looking through financial docs for Seibu Railway--found this chart. "Inbound" = foreign tourism to Japan
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the language is a bit overwrought but this is really the core of passenger rail in the 21st century right herepic.twitter.com/n8WCcUANRK
Ridership and passenger revenue continue to slowly grow (despite a minor downturn in FY15)pic.twitter.com/GAnr5CJYPn
Seibu Holdings covers a pretty wide array of businesses--not just around Japan but also abroadpic.twitter.com/ls679dcb2a
Tourism to Japan is soaring, and Seibu is well-equipped to gain from this trendpic.twitter.com/76roQaYgwk
"Stable, High Profitability in Our Railway Operations" Take note Americans! "Seibu Railway's faultless transportation infrastructure" nicepic.twitter.com/nqCd2b4b78
Look at that ratio of daily ridership to households...for every three households you get two daily riders, not bad
MBTA Commuter Rail serves counties totalling about 6.7 million residents; let's say there are half as many households...
...using Seibu's ratio, they oughta be pulling 2.2 million riders a day, which is about 20 times higher than they currently manage
Last thing to look at: core strategies for Seibu's 3 main business categories. Rail is most interesting here imo, real estate most jargon-ypic.twitter.com/hMhXevXXbP
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