Revenue of non-JR railways commutation tickets in Japan in FY 2011-2020
In the fiscal year 2020, private railway companies in Japan other than the Japan Railways (JR) Group generated around 7.7 trillion Japanese yen in revenue through commutation tickets for passenger rail transportation.
Railroad transport is the major mass transit system in Japan encompassing local systems from trams to high-speed railway lines for long-distance travels, such as the Japanese bullet train, also known as Shinkansen.