What we would call in the USA "commuter rail," but in Tokyo is operated identically (and even on the same tracks!) as the subway
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Replying to @380kmh @BitingGadfly
Wiki has some details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Greater_Tokyo#Rail … - 40 million daily riders - 882 stations - 30 operators - 121 lines
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Replying to @380kmh
But 40 million still wouldn't make it number 1 according to wiki
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Replying to @BitingGadfly
...yeah? they say Beijing is busiest with 10 million a day
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Replying to @380kmh @BitingGadfly
aha I see the list you posted sorts by *annual* ridership instead of daily
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Replying to @380kmh
Rookie mistake, should have paid more attention. Anyway, if you include communal rail, other cities have that too, isn't Chinese integrated?
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Replying to @BitingGadfly
Varies from country to country. China doesn't have regional rail like this they're slooowly introducing it in Beijing iirc)...
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Replying to @380kmh
I dunno much about it, but I took trains between Chinese cities when I was there. Very convenient for me at least.
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Replying to @BitingGadfly
No I'm not saying they don't exist at all, but that they are not designed to the same standards as their subways
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Replying to @380kmh @BitingGadfly
In Tokyo there's no way to tell at a glance if you're looking at a subway or a "commuter rail" train; they also run onto each other's tracks
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that is, a subway train reaching the end of its line will continue right past the end of the line on a suburban railroad and vice versa
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