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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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- 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)
- Aoniyoshi
A 2022 salon train styled on Nara’s Tenpyō court art, linking Osaka, the old capital Nara and Kyoto with a library bar and a sweets counter.
Wikipedia ↗
Scenic (1)
- Shimakaze
Kintetsu’s luxury Shimakaze (double-decker observation cars, leather saloons and a café) glides to the pearl bays and shrines of Ise-Shima.
Wikipedia (JA) ↗
Mountain (1)
- Ikoma Cable Car
Japan’s first cable railway (1918) still climbs Mount Ikoma as the country’s only double-track funicular, famed for its animal-faced cars.
Wikipedia ↗
Luxury (1)
- Blue Symphony
Navy-and-gold Blue Symphony glides from Osaka Abenobashi to holy Yoshino — UNESCO cherry mountain — with a lounge bar, cake sets and armchairs in a reborn commuter train.
Wikipedia ↗
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
- 🇯🇵 Train routes in Japan 78 routes
Other operators in Japan
- JR East 15 routes
- JR West 12 routes
- JR Kyushu 9 routes
- JR Hokkaido 4 routes
- JR Shikoku 4 routes
- JR Central 3 routes
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