Scenic route
A-Train (Amakusa)
Kumamoto → Misumi · Japan
View on the map →Wikipedia (JA) ↗Stations · 13
A jazz-soundtracked bar on rails — dark wood, stained glass, “A-Highball” in hand — swinging along the Ariake tidal flats from Kumamoto to the Amakusa ferry at Misumi.
Stations
- 0 kmKumamoto
- 3 kmNishi-Kumamoto
- 5 kmKawashiri
- 9 kmTomiai
- 11 kmUto
- 15 kmMidorikawa
- 18 kmSumiyoshi
- 22 kmHigo-Nagahama
- 25 kmŌda
- 29 kmAkase
- 31 kmIshiuchi Dam
- 34 kmHataura
- 36 kmMisumi
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 12118947 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR Kyushu — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the A-Train (Amakusa)?
The A-Train (Amakusa) runs 36.5 km from Kumamoto to Misumi.
How long does the A-Train (Amakusa) take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 8 min for the 36.5 km. That is an average of 32 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the A-Train (Amakusa)?
JR Kyushu, with KiHa 185.
How old is the A-Train (Amakusa)?
The line has been in service since 2011. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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