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The volume of domestic passenger transport in Fiscal 1975 was 46.2 billion passengers (2.4% increase over the preceding fiscal year) or 710.4 billion passenger-kilometers (2.5% increase) (Table 1-3-1). This increase is accounted primarily by an increase of more than 10% over the preceding fiscal year in the private passenger car transport. The number of passengers carried by the other transport facilities either remained unchanged or decreased, except the increase of air passengers. Of the total domestic passenger transport (in passenger-kilometers), motor vehicles had the share of 50.8%, railways had 45.6% (of which National Railways had 30.3%), aircrafts had 2.7% and passenger vessels had 0.9% in fiscal 1975. (Fig. 1-3-2) .
The volume of inter-regional (the country divided into ten blocks) Passenger
transport made 190% increase during the ten years from fiscal 1964 to fiscal
1974. A large increase was achieved in every type of transport facilities during
this period, but a specially large increase was observed in motor vehicles and
aircrafts. However, railways still maintain a large share.
The transport related to three districts along Tokaido (7 Kanto prefectures,
4 Tokai prefectures and 6 Kinki prefectures) made 180% increase during this
period. On the other hand, the transport volume related to the other regions
made 230% increase. However, three districts along Tokaido-related transport
still accounts for 85.3% of the total interregnal transport volume in fiscal
1974.
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