In the fiscal year 2022, Japan Railways' Shinkansen high-speed trains realized around 77.06 billion passenger-kilometers, increasing from 46.53 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 2022
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fiscal years 2015 to 2022; 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 2021 are from previous reports.
Figures have been rounded.
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e-Stat (Japan). (December 25, 2023). Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262752/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume/
e-Stat (Japan). "Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 (in billion passenger-kilometers)." Chart. December 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262752/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume/
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Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), December 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262752/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume/