Scenic route
Shimakaze
Osaka → Kashikojima · Japan
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Kintetsu’s luxury Shimakaze (double-decker observation cars, leather saloons and a café) glides to the pearl bays and shrines of Ise-Shima.
Stations
- 0 kmŌsaka Namba +1
- 2 kmŌsaka Uehommachi +1
- 3 kmTsuruhashi +1
- 37 kmYamato-Yagi
- 137 kmIseshi
- 137 kmUjiyamada
- 151 kmToba
- 172 kmUgata
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 19960360 — 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 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Kintetsu Railway — 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 Shimakaze?
The Shimakaze runs 177 km from Osaka to Kashikojima.
How long does the Shimakaze take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 20 min for the 177 km. That is an average of 76 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Shimakaze?
Kintetsu Railway, with Kintetsu 50000 series.
How old is the Shimakaze?
The line has been in service since 2013. 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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