In the fiscal year 2023, Japan Railways' Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed railway line carried around 160.71 million passengers, making it the most-traveled Shinkansen in Japan. Its traffic increased by 20.3 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.
Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by railway line
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fiscal year 2023; the Japanese fiscal years run from April 1 of the stated year to March 31 of the following year
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not including Akita Shinkansen and Yamagata Shinkansen*
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*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). (October 31, 2024). Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by railway line (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2025, 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 2023, by railway line (in millions)." Chart. October 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed April 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan). (2024). Number of passengers carried via Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2023, by railway line (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264961/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passengers-by-line/
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