The 51 Busiest Train Stations in the World– All but 6 Located in Japan

[marmar]

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/01/30/the-51-busiest-train-stations-in-the-world-all-but-6-located-in-japan/



Shinjuku, Tokyo


Umeda Station, Osaka


Taipei Railway Station


Gare du Nord, Paris


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Here’s the full list of 51 stations. If you don’t live in Japan there’s a slight chance your country is on there.

1 Shinjuku (Tokyo, Japan)

2 Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan)

3 Ikebukuro (Tokyo, Japan)

4 Umeda (Osaka, Japan)

5 Yokohama (Kanagawa, Japan)

6 Kita-Senju (Tokyo, Japan)

7 Nagoya (Aichi, Japan)

8 Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)

9 Shinagawa (Tokyo, Japan)

10 Takadanobaba (Tokyo, Japan)

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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)

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The complete piece is at: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/01/30/the-51-busiest-train-stations-in-the-world-all-but-6-located-in-japan/

[djean111]

1. I used to work in Tokyo. The train stations are wonderful! Food stalls, shops, people!

To move through the crowd, I sort of approached it as if I were in a school of fish - don't look around, keep moving, keep my eye on my destination, and make tiny adjustments for people all around me as I moved forward, using peripheral vision.
I did avoid the subway crush in the morning by showing up right at 7 am; by 7:30, things were jammed up. No such thing as personal space. I would go back in a heartbeat.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. I'm surprised that Takadanobaba Station is busier than Ueno Station

I don't know how they calculated the number of users-- probably based on the number of people going through turnstiles. But there are lots and lots of commuters who use Ueno Station to change trains and never go through a turnstile there.