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Main railway line sections with the highest congestion rates in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in fiscal year 2024

Characteristic	Congestion rate
Hibiya Line, Minowa - Iriya	163%
Chuo Line (Rapid), Nakano - Shinjuku	161%
Keihin-tohoku Line, Kawaguchi - Akabane	156%
Tokaido Line, Kawasaki - Shinagawa	154%
Sobu Line (rapid), Shinkoiwa - Kinshicho	153%
Shinjuku Line, Nishi-ojima - Sumiyoshi	150%
Tozai Line, Kiba - Monzen-nakacho	150%
Chiyoda Line, Machiya - Nishi-nippori	148%
Ginza Line, Akasaka-mitsuke - Tameike Sanno	147%
Odawara Line, Setagaya-daita - Shimo-kitazawa	146%

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July 2025

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Japan

Survey time period

October to November, 2024; 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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*Main sections refer to those sections that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has surveyed continuously in its congestion statistics.
**According to the source, the MLIT defines a 100 percent level as a situation where all the seats in the train are taken and the standing passengers can find a strap to hold on to, while 180 percent is a situation where a passenger can, with some difficulty, read a folded newspaper. The rate represents the average level of congestion amid the busiest hour.

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In the fiscal year 2024, the Hibiya Line in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area had the busiest main railway line section, reaching a congestion rate of 163 percent between the stations Minowa and Iriya during rush hour. Tokyo's subways are the main mode of transport for locals.