I'll show you the funny and incredible Japanese culture based on IT.
Shinkansen with Mt. Fuji
Japan is a truly crazy country of the train.
Tokyo is a fighting field.
We can't offer more trains.
It already reached the maximum schedule. (Trains run 5~10 minutes each.)
We also have no place to make another lines in Tokyo.
To bring a huge amount of passengers, we have so the accurate train schedule.
It is reaching maniac area.
It is obvious If you see the following data.
Japanese Railroads Data (data from JR)
Passengers/year
23,538,000,000 (23billion)
Top of the world
2nd of the world is 5billion at India. Its 1/4 of Japan.
Passengers/station
3,300,000/day at Shinjyuku
Top of the world
It is close to the population of Los angeles.
2nd-23th of the world are all Japanese stations.
24th of the world is North of Paris station.
Dependence of railroads
28.7％ (Tokyo 58％、Osaka 55％)
Top of the world
2nd of the world is 15% at Swiss. Its 1/2 of Japan.
Length of railroads
27,337km
11th of the world
Accuracy of schedule
90.3％ of train come within 1min deference on schedule.
(96.2% of Shinkansen come within 1 min deference.)
Top of the world
2nd of the world is 5billion at India. Its 1/4 of Japan.
Passengers/station
3,300,000/day at Shinjyuku
Top of the world
It is close to the population of Los angeles.
2nd-23th of the world are all Japanese stations.
24th of the world is North of Paris station.
Dependence of railroads
28.7％ (Tokyo 58％、Osaka 55％)
Top of the world
2nd of the world is 15% at Swiss. Its 1/2 of Japan.
Length of railroads
27,337km
11th of the world
Accuracy of schedule
90.3％ of train come within 1min deference on schedule.
(96.2% of Shinkansen come within 1 min deference.)
Top of the world
Average delay / 1 train
Local 0.8min, Shinkansen 0.3min
including the delay from heavy weather.
including the delay from heavy weather.
Top of the world
Failuer of train
It is 1/ 40 (Local lines), 1 / 20 (Express lines) of Germany
Of course, Germany has the highest class technology in the world.
Rush hour
200% boarding
Every day commuting is like a "Mission impossible" in Tokyo lol.
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