Scenic route
Limited Express Hida
Nagoya → Toyama · Japan
Limited Express Hida in pictures
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- Distance
- 256 km
- Fastest time
- 3 h 50 min
- Average speed
- 67 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- JR Central
- Train
- HC85 hybrid DMU
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1968
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Hybrid HC85s shadow the jade-green Hida River for hours of gorge: riverside onsen at Gero, morning markets at Takayama, then down to Toyama Bay.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 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
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