Scenic route
Kairi
Niigata → Sakata · Japan
Kairi in pictures
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- Distance
- 167 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 33 min
- Average speed
- 65 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- JR East
- Train
- HB-E300
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 2019
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Kairi means “sea and village”: a hybrid diner serving Niigata and Shonai delicacies while threading the Sasagawa-nagare, 11 km of wave-gnawed rocks on the Uetsu coast.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 79% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 6 m); the longest stretch away from it is 14 km
- 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
Read more on Wikipedia (in JA) ↗
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