They say this is one of the busiest lines in Northern India but the frequency and ridership are dwarfed by comparable lines in Japan...
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They say 100 trains per day--assuming a 20 hour service span that's still just 5 per hour (every 12 minutes)
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Annual ridership is solid at 40 million, or a little over 100,000 per day...but the Sagami Railroad (not a large one!) pulls 600,000+ daily
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Busier railways like Tobu pull over 2 *million* a day! So what gives? India has high pop density, low motorization, railways galore...
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Like most things India, inefficient management keeps prices above the level most can afford, probably. Either that or the official …
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ridership count doesn't measure all the people hanging off the sides or something.
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unlikely; ridership is usually counted at entry/exit of train stations, not on board
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