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Train routes operated by Kintetsu Railway

4 routes · classic 1 · scenic 1 · mountain 1 · luxury 1

Kintetsu Railway runs 4 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 310 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Shimakaze at 177 km; the fastest is the Shimakaze, running up to 130 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1918.

The company itself dates to 1910, filed on Wikidata as a major railway company. What this page says about the company comes from Kintetsu Railway's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q1531085 ↗

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Routes here
4
Total length
310 km
Countries
Japan
Fastest
Shimakaze · 130 km/h
Longest
Shimakaze · 177 km
Oldest line here
1918
Company founded
1910
Type
major railway company

Classic (1)

Scenic (1)

Mountain (1)

Luxury (1)

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence

How many train routes does Kintetsu Railway run?

4 of the routes in this atlas are Kintetsu Railway services, covering 310 km across 1 country (Japan). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.

What is the fastest Kintetsu Railway train?

The Shimakaze, Osaka to Kashikojima, at up to 130 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes 2 h 20 min over 177 km.

Does Kintetsu Railway run night trains?

Not in this atlas. All 4 Kintetsu Railway routes listed here are daytime services.

When was Kintetsu Railway founded?

Wikidata records the company's inception as 1910, and files it as a major railway company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1918 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.

Countries Kintetsu Railway runs in

Other operators in Japan