In the fiscal year 2022, Japan Railways' Tokaido Shinkansen high-speed railway line realized around 42.59 billion passenger-kilometers, making it the most-traveled Shinkansen in Japan. Its traffic increased by 68.1 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.
Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line
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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). Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264996/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan). "Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in billion passenger-kilometers)." Chart. December 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264996/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan). (2023). Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in billion passenger-kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264996/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume-by-line/
e-Stat (Japan). "Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (Jr) High-speed Trains in Japan in Fiscal Year 2022, by Railway Line (in Billion Passenger-kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264996/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume-by-line/
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Passenger-distance of Japan Railways (JR) high-speed trains in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by railway line (in billion passenger-kilometers) [Graph], e-Stat (Japan), December 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1264996/japan-jr-high-speed-train-passenger-volume-by-line/