Aso Boy!

Family sightseeing express with a panorama cab and play areas, zig-zagging the Tateno switchback into the vast Mt Aso caldera.

Stations

1. 0 kmKumamoto +2
2. 3 kmHeisei
3. 3 kmMinami-Kumamoto
4. 5 kmShin-Suizenji
5. 6 kmSuizenji
6. 8 kmTōkai-Gakuen-mae
7. Show 9 more stations

   1. 9 kmTatsutaguchi
   2. 13 kmMusashizuka
   3. 15 kmHikarinomori
   4. 16 kmSanrigi
   5. 19 kmHaramizu
   6. 22 kmHigo-Ōzu
   7. 27 kmSeta
   8. 32 kmTateno
   9. 38 kmAkamizu
8. 40 kmIchinokawa
9. 44 kmUchinomaki
10. 47 kmAso
11. 49 kmIkoi no mura
12. 51 kmMiyaji

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 11907599 — 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 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 Aso Boy!?

The Aso Boy! runs 53 km from Kumamoto to Miyaji.

How long does the Aso Boy! take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 30 min for the 53 km. That is an average of 35 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 95 km/h.

Who runs the Aso Boy!?

JR Kyushu, with KiHa 183-1000.

How old is the Aso Boy!?

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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