work and school commuters; based on fixed-term commutation ticket sales converted into users per day-one-way trip
Supplementary notes
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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Railway commuter volume in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area 2015, by terminal access
In 2015, the overwhelming majority of railway commuters in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area accessed the railway by foot, generating traffic of approximately *** million passengers per day and one-way trip. Pedestrians needed around *** minutes to reach their initial railway station, the average commuter * minutes.
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MLIT (Japan). (March 31, 2017). Railway commuter volume in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by access to the station (in 1,000 passengers per day-one-way trip) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1317784/japan-railway-commuter-volume-greater-tokyo-by-terminal-access/
MLIT (Japan). "Railway commuter volume in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by access to the station (in 1,000 passengers per day-one-way trip)." Chart. March 31, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1317784/japan-railway-commuter-volume-greater-tokyo-by-terminal-access/
MLIT (Japan). (2017). Railway commuter volume in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by access to the station (in 1,000 passengers per day-one-way trip). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 28, 2026. /statistics/1317784/japan-railway-commuter-volume-greater-tokyo-by-terminal-access/
MLIT (Japan). "Railway Commuter Volume in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by Access to The Station (in 1,000 Passengers per Day-one-way Trip)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 31 Mar 2017, /statistics/1317784/japan-railway-commuter-volume-greater-tokyo-by-terminal-access/
MLIT (Japan), Railway commuter volume in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by access to the station (in 1,000 passengers per day-one-way trip) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1317784/japan-railway-commuter-volume-greater-tokyo-by-terminal-access/ (last visited July 28, 2026)
Railway commuter volume in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area in 2015, by access to the station (in 1,000 passengers per day-one-way trip) [Graph], MLIT (Japan), March 31, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1317784/japan-railway-commuter-volume-greater-tokyo-by-terminal-access/
