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Japanese railways don’t just run trains. They actually build cities and act as urban developers to capture the demand from transit. ~50% of …

Japanese railways don’t just run trains. They actually build cities and act as urban developers to capture the demand from transit. ~50% of revenue comes from owning the land around stations. Buy land

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Japanese railways don’t just run trains. They actually build cities and act as urban developers to capture the demand from transit. ~50% of revenue comes from owning the land around stations. Buy land → build the train station → develop the area → capture the upside. Brilliant business model. Japan has the world’s best railway system. 28% of Japanese passenger-kilometers are by rail. Germany manages 6.4%, and the USA manages 0.25%. Just one Japanese company, JR East, carries more passengers than China’s entire railway system, and four times as many than Britain’s. Wha…

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Source: Yohei Nakajima (X) | 2026-04-08

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