In the fiscal year 2023, the major subway operators in Japan carried approximately 5.59 billion passengers, increasing from 5.08 billion in the preceding fiscal year. The largest of them, Tokyo Metro, had daily traffic of around 6.52 million passengers.
Number of passengers carried via major subway systems in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2023
(in billions)
fiscal years 2016 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 2023 are from previous reports. Values have been rounded.
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JSA. (September 19, 2024). Number of passengers carried via major subway systems in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2023 (in billions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315315/japan-major-subways-passenger-number/
JSA. "Number of passengers carried via major subway systems in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2023 (in billions)." Chart. September 19, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315315/japan-major-subways-passenger-number/
JSA. (2024). Number of passengers carried via major subway systems in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2023 (in billions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315315/japan-major-subways-passenger-number/
JSA. "Number of Passengers Carried via Major Subway Systems in Japan from Fiscal Year 2016 to 2023 (in Billions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315315/japan-major-subways-passenger-number/
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Number of passengers carried via major subway systems in Japan from fiscal year 2016 to 2023 (in billions) [Graph], JSA, September 19, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1315315/japan-major-subways-passenger-number/
