The Most Overcrowded Trains in Japan

Posted by Nick, 300 days ago in General
 
If you've ever wondered whether the train you take on your daily commute to work is overcrowded or not, check out "What Japan Thinks" for a list of the busiest railway lines in Japan. According to the figures, the busiest line is the JR Keihin-Tohoku Line from Ueno to Okachimachi which has an average overcrowding of 209% ! Do you ride this line?
 
 

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Written by Jordan 300 days ago
 
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Living in Minowa, I can tell you right now that coming home after work the train gets really crowded. Its insane.
Written by freedomwv 299 days ago
 
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I use the Seibu Ikebukuro Line everyday to work and I never really noticed that it is all that over crowed. There is no way it can be running at 158%!

I also also us the JR Joban Rapid Line from Kita-Senju and it is almost always over crowed.
Written by awh 298 days ago
 
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...but you must ride *from* Ikebukuro out towards the west? That way is pretty uncrowded, since there's not a whole lot of places out that way that people want to go to during the day...

i live on the Seibu-Ikebukuro; going from Nerima to Ikebukuro on a weekend morning is only trumped by going from Ikebukuro to Nerima at 5:30pm.


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