In the fiscal year 2022, Japan Railways' Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed railway line carried around 133.61 million passengers, making it the most-traveled Shinkansen in Japan. Its traffic increased by 55.9 percent year on year. The Tokaido Shinkansen runs from Tokyo to Osaka and is named after the historical road taking the same route along Japan's eastern seacoast to connect the country's two most-populated regions.
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fiscal year 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.
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e-Stat (Japan). (December 25, 2023). Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan). "Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in millions)." Chart. December 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan). (2023). Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan). "Number of Passengers Carried via Japan Railways (Jr) High-speed Trains in Japan in Fiscal Year 2022, by Railway Line (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan), Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in millions) [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), December 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/