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How many passengers passed through Tokyo's Shinjuku Station each day at its pre-pandemic peak?

3.5 million
passengers per day
3,500,000 exactly, give or take
At its pre-pandemic peak, around 3.5 million people passed through Shinjuku Station daily — one train station handling the population of Berlin, every day, through 200+ exits.SOURCEGuinness World Records / JR East
Scale check: 3.5 million is roughly everyone in Birmingham.
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