Busiest station
Who
Shinjuku Station
What
2,704,703 people
Where
Japan ()
When
2022

The busiest railway station (including subways) is Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, Japan, which had an average daily passenger throughput of 2,704,703 in 2022.


Shinjuku Station is located on the boundary between the Shinjuku and Shibuya wards, which together cover most of the busiest parts of downtown Tokyo. It serves several different train and subway operating companies, including JR East (Japan Railways), Keio Corporation, Odakyu Electric Railway, Toei Subway and Tokyo Metro.

The 2022 passenger numbers for Shinjuku are down around 20 percent from their pre-pandemic levels, though they're up significantly on 2020 and 2021. The closest competitor to Shinjuku in terms of passenger numbers is the Gare du Nord in Paris, France, which has a passenger throughput of around 600,000 people a day.