In the fiscal year 2023, the major subway operators in Japan carried approximately 15.26 million passengers per day on average, increasing from 13.95 million in the preceding fiscal year. The largest of them, Tokyo Metro, had daily traffic of around 6.52 million passengers.
Average daily number of passengers carried via major subway systems in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2023
(in millions)
fiscal years 2014 to 2023; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year
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including the major subway operators*; including transit passengers
Supplementary notes
*Tokyo Metro Co., Ltd., Tokyo Municipal Subway, Yokohama Municipal Subway, Osaka Metro Co., Ltd., Kyoto Municipal Railway, Kobe Municipal Subway, Nagoya Municipal Railway, Sapporo Municipal Subway, Sendai Municipal Subway, Fukuoka Municipal Subway.
Figures prior to fiscal 2019 are from previous reports. Values have been rounded.
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JSA. (September 19, 2024). Average daily number of passengers carried via major subway systems in Japan from fiscal year 2014 to 2023 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315276/japan-major-subways-passenger-number-average-daily/
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