Busiest railway network (country)

Busiest railway network (country)
Who
Japan Railways
What
6,565,700,000 people
Where
Japan
When
2022

The country with the busiest national railway system is Japan, whose railways carried 6,565,700,000 passengers over the course of 2022, according to statistics compiled by the International Union of Railways (UIC).

The largest single operator in Japan is the East Japan Railway Company, which carries more passengers every year than the entire Indian rail network.