Classic route
Fujikawa
Shizuoka → Kofu · Japan
JR Central’s limited express from Shizuoka along the coast to Fuji, then up the Fuji River gorge past Minobu, the temple town of Mount Minobu, to Kofu; the Minobu Line was completed in 1928.
- Distance
- 121 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 14 min
- Average speed
- 54 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmShizuoka
- 11 kmShimizu
- 34 kmFuji
- 44 kmFujinomiya
- 67 kmUtsubuna
- 77 kmMinobu
- 85 kmShimobe-onsen
- 94 kmKai-Iwama
- 100 kmKajisawaguchi
- 103 kmIchikawa-Daimon
- 110 kmHigashi-Hanawa
- 117 kmMinami-Kofu
- 121 kmKofu +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 15937702: 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 Central, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Fujikawa?
The Fujikawa runs 121 km from Shizuoka to Kofu.
How long does the Fujikawa take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 14 min for the 121 km. That is an average of 54 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Fujikawa?
JR Central, with 373 series.
How old is the Fujikawa?
The line has been in service since 1995. 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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