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Posted by David Fairthorne on Tue Jul 3 15:44:15 2007, in response to Re: Some Subways Found Packed Past Capacity, posted by Wado MP73 on Tue Jul 3 11:43:47 2007. The dotted line shows capacity, ... The thin line shows ridership, again making the 1975 figure as 100.Thanks for those helpful explanations. I was wondering what those other lines meant, and how the dates were calculated. Between Heisei 2 (1990) and Heisei 7 (1995), Japan's economy crashed and many went jobless. There was a bubble, followed by concerns about disinflation; Japanese interest rates have remained very low since 1990. They should really stop sending half of the trains to Metro Tozai line and make all of them go to Shinjuku and beyond instead. Then all Tozai metro trains would terminate at Nakano, and only the Chuo local would serve stations between Nakano and Mitaka. That would compel some passengers to ride the Chuo local line, but how many would stay on board? The Chuo local line is part of the Chuo-Sobu local line, which bypasses Tokyo station, going instead via Akihabara; whereas the Chuo rapid line goes to Tokyo station, and thus serves the main business district surrounding Tokyo station. I suspect that may be one reason for the relatively low ridership of the Chuo local line and the much higher ridership of the Chuo rapid line. Also unlike the Chuo local, the Tozai metro has a station at Otemachi, right in the middle of the main business district. |
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