I Visited the World's Busiest Train Station
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Sign up to Nebula for only $30 per year: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula and support this channel: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-i-visited-the-worlds-busiest-train-station Nearly 3 million people pass through Shinjuku Station every day, which is an insane number. But despite the massive number of people transported, the area around Shinjuku supports some great urbanism, with vibrant street life and lots of independent shops and restaurants. Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes Mastodon: @[email protected] NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): @NJB Live How Tokyo's Subway Keeps On-time, Clean, and Safe Life Where I'm From https://nebula.tv/videos/lifewhereimfrom-how-tokyos-subway-keeps-on-time-clean-and-safe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT6H_XMDm7s --- Additional Reading and References Busiest station - Guinness World Records https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/busiest-station Shinjuku Station - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station Metro Map of Tokyo https://maps-tokyo.com/maps-tokyo-metro/shinjuku-station-map Rail Map of Tokyo https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/routemaps/pdf/routemap_majorrailsub.pdf Map of Shinjuku Station https://www.keio.co.jp/english/howto/shinjuku/pdf/ksb01_shinjuku.pdf Tomoyuki Tanaka — Japan’s major landmarks drawn as if seen by X-ray https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/tomoyuki-tanaka-on-x-ray-vision-and-shinjuku-station Apology for leaving 20 seconds early https://web.archive.org/web/20171118035032/https://www.mir.co.jp/company/release/2017/post_109.html Passenger Pusher - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pusher 新宿グランドターミナルへの再編 https://www.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/tosei/hodohappyo/press/2021/07/07/08.html Tokyo starts massive renovation project for entrances to the world’s busiest train station https://soranews24.com/2021/07/09/tokyo-starts-massive-renovation-project-for-entrances-to-the-worlds-busiest-train-station/ Shinjuku Station is getting a ¥72.8 billion makeover to make it easier to navigate https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/news/shinjuku-station-is-getting-a-72-8-billion-makeover-to-make-it-easier-to-navigate-071221 Tokyo's Shinjuku Station undergoes S$755 million renovation to improve layout & ease congestion https://mothership.sg/2022/07/shinjuku-station-renovation/ JR East 2023 Financial Results https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/investor/financial/2023/pdf/2023_financialresults.pdf Poster; Metropolitan Railway fare chart, issued by the Metropolitan Railway, July 1886 https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/collections-online/posters/item/1995-643 The overwhelming majority of this video was filmed on location by Not Just Bikes, though a few scenes use stock footage from Getty Images and other licensed sources. No generative AI or AI voices were used in the making of this video --- Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:14 Shinjuku is busy, REALLY busy 1:36 Train lines (but no Shinkansen) 2:58 Navigating the station 4:06 Exits and gates 5:12 Not very impressive-looking 5:42 Platforms are boring but great 6:48 Japanese transit myths 8:10 The Hauptbahnhof test 8:52 The great streets around Shinjuku 9:44 Trains are the best 10:15 Connections to other places 10:46 Closing time 11:20 Amenities 12:42 Future construction plans 13:29 Way too many wide roads 14:17 Avoiding busy roads 14:48 The train station becomes a mall 16:04 Real estate, not railroads 17:08 A fractured station 18:30 Conclusion 19:25 Nebula
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