Scenic route
Limited Express Nanpu
Okayama → Kochi · Japan
Across the Great Seto Bridge, then up the Yoshino river’s Oboke and Koboke gorges, tilting over the island spine to Kochi.
- Distance
- 179 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 2 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 72 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmOkayama +4
- 28 kmKojima +2
- 46 kmUtazu +1
- 49 kmMarugame +1
- 53 kmTadotsu +1
- 59 kmZentsuji
- 64 kmKotohira
- 96 kmAwa-Ikeda
- 118 kmOboke
- 139 kmOsugi
- 163 kmTosa-Yamada
- 168 kmGomen
- 178 kmKōchi +1
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 1950732: 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 8 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR Shikoku, 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 Nanpu?
The Limited Express Nanpu runs 179 km from Okayama to Kochi.
How long does the Limited Express Nanpu take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 2 h 30 min for the 179 km. That is an average of 72 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Limited Express Nanpu?
JR Shikoku, with JR 2700 tilting DMU.
How old is the Limited Express Nanpu?
The line has been in service since 1935. 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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