Passenger-distance of railway transportation in Japan FY 2013-2022
In the fiscal year 2022, the passenger-distance of domestic railway transportation in Japan amounted to around 352.85 billion passenger-kilometers, increasing from approximately 289.89 billion in the preceding fiscal year. Railroad transport is Japan's major mass transit system, encompassing anything from local trams to high-speed inter-city railway lines, such as the Japanese bullet train, also known as Shinkansen.