This month’s Japan By Numbers number is 45. 45 of the 50 busiest train stations in the world are Japanese train stations. Here is a list of the 50 busiest train stations in the world. The top 10 (all Japanese train stations) include the average number of people using the station everyday.
1 Shinjuku Station (Tokyo, Japan) – 3.8 million people per day
2 Shibuya Station (Tokyo, Japan) – 3.0 million people per day
3 Ikebukuro Station (Tokyo) – 2.5 million people per day
4 Umeda Station (Osaka) – 2.3 million people per day
5 Yokohama Station (Kanagawa) – 2.1 million people per day
6 Kita-Senju (Tokyo, Japan) 1.5 million people per day
7 Nagoya (Aichi, Japan) 1.1 million people per day
8 Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) 1.1 million people per day
9 Shinagawa (Tokyo, Japan) 1.0 million people per day
10 Takadanobaba (Tokyo, Japan) 0.9 million people per day
11 Namba (Osaka, Japan)
12 Shinbashi (Tokyo, Japan)
13 Tennoji (Osaka, Japan)
14 Akihabara (Tokyo, Japan)
15 Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
16 Sannomiya (Kobe, Japan)
17 Omiya (Saitama, Japan)
18 Yurakucho-Hibiya (Tokyo, Japan)
19 Nishi-Funabashi (Chiba, Japan)
20 Meguro (Tokyo, Japan)
21 Daimon-Hamamatsucho (Tokyo, Japan)
22 Ueno (Tokyo, Japan)
23 Oshiage (Tokyo, Japan)
24 Paris Nord (Paris, France)
25 Taipei Railway Station (Taipei,Taiwan)
26 Machida (Tokyo, Japan)
27 Gare de Chatelet (Paris, France)
28 Kawasaki (Kanagawa, Japan)
29 Roma Termini Railway Station (Rome, Italy)
30 Tamachi-Mita (Tokyo, Japan)
31 Kyobashi (Osaka, Japan)
32 Funabashi (Chiba, Japan)
33 Ayase (Tokyo, Japan)
34 Hamburg Central Station (Hamburg, Germany)
35 Yoyogi-Uehara (Tokyo, Japan)
36 Kamata (Kamata, Japan)
37 Gotanda (Tokyo, Japan)
38 Kichijoji (Tokyo, Japan)
39 Kanayama (Aichi, Japan)
40 Musashikosugi (Kanagawa, Japan)
41 Fujisawa (Kanagawa, Japan)
42 Oimachi (Tokyo, Japan)
43 Nakano (Tokyo, Japan)
44 Tachikawa (Tokyo, Japan)
45 Iidabashi (Tokyo, Japan)
46 Kashiwa (Chiba, Japan)
47 Hakata (Fukuoka, Japan)
48 Tsuruhashi (Osaka, Japan)
49 Nishi-Nippori (Tokyo, Japan)
50 Nakameguro (Tokyo, Japan)
