日本东京都及其卫星城市新宿周围市郊短途铁路线,是世界上客运最繁忙的线路。人多为患的问题长期困扰着日本多家铁路企业的经营者,最简捷也是最让经营者为难的就是大量投资,修建新线或进行复线改造。但日本铁路的经营者审时度势,采取多种办法解决繁忙线路的运送问题,已取得明显效果。1996年第12期的世界铁路月刊撰文介绍了这方面的情况,现节译如下,以飨读者。 Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Area and its satellite city Shinjuku suburban short-distance rail line, is the world’s busiest passenger line. The problem of human suffering has long plagued the operators of many railway corporations in Japan. The most simple and most troubling business operators are investing heavily in building new lines or carrying out double-line reconstruction. However, the operators of the Japanese railways have taken a considerable amount of time and taken various measures to solve the problem of transporting busy lines. This has achieved remarkable results. An article written by the World Rail Monthly, No. 12, 1996, introduces the situation in this regard and is now translated as follows to readers.