Scenic route
Limited Express Kuroshio
Osaka → Shingu · Japan
Around the Kii Peninsula with the Pacific at the window: Shirahama’s sands, Honshu’s southernmost cape and the Kumano pilgrim coast.
How this line was checked
- The 62 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1868625 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 97.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 25 m); the longest stretch away from it is 3.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR West — 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 Limited Express Kuroshio?
The Limited Express Kuroshio runs 275 km from Osaka to Shingu.
How long does the Limited Express Kuroshio take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 4 h 25 min for the 275 km. That is an average of 62 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Limited Express Kuroshio?
JR West, with JR 283 Ocean Arrow.
How old is the Limited Express Kuroshio?
The line has been in service since 1959. 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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