In 2015, the highest share of daily railway passenger travel in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area was attributable to people returning home, accounting for 38.3 percent of daily traffic. When excluding this general category, the primary purpose for using the railway was commuting to work, with 30 percent of the traffic.
Distribution of railway passenger traffic in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by travel purpose
In the survey, the Greater Tokyo Area comprised the following prefectures: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki, Gunma, Tochigi, and Yamanashi. Moreover, the survey limited the area to municipalities meeting the following criteria:
Railway commute time within 120-minutes to Tokyo Station.
At least a three-percent share of commuters, but at least 500 people, working or attending school in the 23 special wards of Tokyo.
The start or end of the survey subjects' railway travel had to be within the survey area.
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MLIT (Japan). (March 31, 2017). Distribution of railway passenger traffic in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by travel purpose [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318173/japan-railway-user-share-greater-tokyo-by-purpose/
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MLIT (Japan). (2017). Distribution of railway passenger traffic in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by travel purpose. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1318173/japan-railway-user-share-greater-tokyo-by-purpose/
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