Located in Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku Station holds the title of the busiest train station on Earth.
Published: December 7, 2025 1:39 PM IST
Rail networks provide the major means of transportation throughout the world. Each nation has its own famous rail stations, many of which are renowned for their vastness, design, history, or huge flow of commuters. Many of the stations in existence today carry the distinction of being a historical landmark from the last century. Meanwhile, some stations stand out because of their innovative architecture, large flow of passengers.
Major metropolitan areas in India, such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata, have some of the busiest railway stations, filled with a constant flow of passengers coming and going from each station daily. However, today we will look at the other end of the spectrum when it comes to passenger density – the train station we will focus on is unlike anything else and has an unbelievable number of people coming into and leaving the station from all over the world, as there is no way to even accurately estimate the number of train people travelling to and from this station daily; It is among the busiest train stations in the world.
The railway station we’re talking about is a place where an impressive 3.8 million people will commute daily to work. The station itself can be described as a place that is always open and always full of people moving around.
Located in Tokyo, Japan, Shinjuku Station holds the title of the busiest train station on Earth. In addition to being incredibly busy, Shinjuku Station has 36 platforms. It has approximately one train arriving/departing every second, creating a situation where the foot traffic is a little overwhelming to comprehend.
“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,” reads the statement on the official website of Guinness Book of World Records.
Annually, approximately 1.27 billion passengers transit the station to get on a train. In 2018, the station received recognition from Guinness World Records for being the busiest railway station in the world, which it continues to hold to this day.
“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,” it further added.
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