Heritage route
Sagano Scenic Railway
Kyoto (Arashiyama) → Kameoka · Japan
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A retired JR alignment above the Hozugawa rapids: twenty-five slow minutes of maples and gorge that the modern main line skips through tunnels.
Stations
- 0 kmTorokko Saga
- 1 kmTorokko Arashiyama
- 4 kmTorokko Hozukyō
- 9 kmTorokko Kameoka
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 6092992 — 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: Sagano Scenic 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 Sagano Scenic Railway?
The Sagano Scenic Railway runs 7 km from Kyoto (Arashiyama) to Kameoka.
How long does the Sagano Scenic Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 25 min for the 7 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 25 km/h.
Who runs the Sagano Scenic Railway?
Sagano Scenic Railway (JR West), with Torokko open coaches.
How old is the Sagano Scenic Railway?
The line has been in service since 1991. 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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