51 Busiest Train Stations In The World

Above, Shibuya Station at night.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan Today has an interesting article on the world's 51 most busiest train stations.

Surprisingly, Japan has all but six stations on the list.

Here is number two:

 #2 Shibuya Station (Tokyo, Japan) – Approx. 1,090,000,000

Also in the center of Tokyo, Shibuya station has a kind of nice atmosphere to it that can almost distract an agoraphobe from the hordes of commuters passing through. The station also features large, eye-catching artwork from Taro Okamoto. 

There’s also a statue to Hachiko near one of the exits. Hachiko was the dog immortalized in Japanese and (to a lesser extent) American movies as the dog who faithfully waited for his dead master outside of Shibuya station for nine years.

I've been to Shibuya Station many times and it is quite busy.  Shibuya Station has the distinction of being torched by Gamera in Gamera 3.  I have also been to the number one busiest station as well.  But you'd have to read the article to see what station is the world's busiest.

To read the full article, go here.