Scenic route
Belles montagnes et mer
Johana → Himi · Japan
Belles montagnes et mer in pictures
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- Distance
- 46 km
- Fastest time
- ~1 h 45 min
- Average speed
- 26 km/h
- Top speed
- 85 km/h
- Operator
- JR West
- Train
- KiHa 40-2027
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 2015
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
“Beautiful mountains and sea”: an emerald art-gallery railcar where a sushi chef works the counter as Amaharashi bay frames 3,000-metre Tateyama across the water.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 1871689 (30 km), relation 19228581 (16 km) — 46 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 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
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