In the fiscal year 2023, Japan Railways' Shinkansen high-speed trains realized around 96.44 billion passenger-kilometers, increasing from 77.06 billion in the preceding year. Today operated by the Japan Railways Group, the Japanese bullet train has been renowned worldwide for its reliability regarding speed, punctuality, and safety since its inauguration in 1964.
Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023
(in billion passenger-kilometers)
fiscal years 2015 to 2023; the Japanese fiscal years run from April 1 of the stated year to March 31 of the following year
Special properties
not including Akita Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen*
Supplementary notes
*The Japanese Shinkansen Railways Maintenance Law defines Shinkansen as railway lines allowing trains to travel at 200 kilometers per hour and faster on its main sections. Figures prior to fiscal 2022 are from previous reports. Figures have been rounded.
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e-Stat (Japan). (October 31, 2024). Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2023 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262752/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume/
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