Scenic route
Ametsuchi
Tottori → Izumoshi · Japan
Lapis-blue Ametsuchi (“heaven and earth”, from the Kojiki’s opening line) roams the San’in coast’s breakers past Mt Daisen and Lake Shinji from Tottori to Izumo.
- Distance
- 154 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 50 min
- Average speed
- 40 km/h
- Top speed
- 95 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmTottori
- 5 kmTottoridaigaku-Mae
- 40 kmKurayoshi
- 92 kmYonago +1
- 101 kmYasugi +1
- 121 kmMatsue +1
- 128 kmTamatsukuri-Onsen +1
- 154 kmIzumoshi +2
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1950435: 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 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR West, 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 Ametsuchi?
The Ametsuchi runs 154 km from Tottori to Izumoshi.
How long does the Ametsuchi take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 50 min for the 154 km. That is an average of 40 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 95 km/h.
Who runs the Ametsuchi?
JR West, with KiRo 47.
How old is the Ametsuchi?
The line has been in service since 2018. 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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