Rush Hour: 8 Cities With Most Crowded Commuter Trains

Which city gets the term peak traffic hour better than Mumbai? Especially on local trains. There are a few other world cities which share Mumbai's fate of jam-packed commuter trains...

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Mumbai

This local rail network is among the globe’s most heavily used, transporting 2.64 billion yearly. The quickest, affordable, dependable way to get around, it's also way over-stuffed (16 to a sq m).

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New York

According to MTA.info, nearly 3.6 million passengers use the New York City subway daily. One of the first & largest urban transit networks globally, it is frequently chock-full, not however Mumbai-style.

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Beijing

As outlined in a white paper, China's capital totted up 3.95 billion journeys in 2019, with an average of approximately 10.35 million boardings per day.

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Tokyo

Figures from Tokyo Metro show the 9 routes serve roughly 6.84 million individuals daily. It's the country where oshiya or professional passenger pushers originated.

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Paris

The RERA suburban line alone carries over 1.2 million riders per day, making it one of the busiest European commuter systems, where the usually impeccable French manners take a beating.

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São Paulo

Spanning 273 km, this metro includes seven routes, 96 stops and carries 3 million riders each day in Brazil's most populous city.

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Buenos Aires 

Statista reports that around 1.17 million individuals ride the underground network of the Argentinian capital every day, which is Latin America's first subway system. the.

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Atlanta

Ranked as the United States’s 8th largest public transport network, MARTA accommodates someo 400,000 daily commuters, keeping, according to itsmarta.com, over 185,000 cars off the road every day.

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