Scenic route
HIGH RAIL 1375
Kobuchizawa → Komoro · Japan
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Grinds to 1,375 m at JR’s highest rail point below Yatsugatake — observatory seats by day, a stargazing dome and astronomer-guided night runs under the Milky Way.
Stations
- 0 kmKobuchizawa
- 7 kmKai-Koizumi
- 12 kmKai-Oizumi
- 17 kmKiyasato
- 23 kmNobeyama
- 31 kmShinano-Kawakami
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- 35 kmSaku-Hirose
- 39 kmSaku-Uminokuchi
- 42 kmUmijiri
- 45 kmMatsubarako
- 48 kmKoumi
- 50 kmManagashi
- 51 kmTakaiwa
- 54 kmYachiho
- 56 kmKaize
- 57 kmHaguroshita
- 59 kmAonuma
- 61 kmUsuda
- 62 kmTatsuokajō
- 64 kmŌtabe
- 65 kmNakagomi
- 66 kmNamezu
- 68 kmKita-Nakagomi
- 70 kmIwamurada
- 71 kmSakudaira
- 72 kmNakasato
- 73 kmMisato
- 75 kmMitsuoka
- 76 kmOtome
- 77 kmHigashi-Komoro
- 78 kmKomoro
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.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 10077097 — 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 East — 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 HIGH RAIL 1375?
The HIGH RAIL 1375 runs 79 km from Kobuchizawa to Komoro.
How long does the HIGH RAIL 1375 take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 14 min for the 79 km. That is an average of 35 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 85 km/h.
Who runs the HIGH RAIL 1375?
JR East, with KiHa 100, 110.
How old is the HIGH RAIL 1375?
The line has been in service since 2017. 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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