Classic route
Laview
Tokyo (Ikebukuro) → Chichibu · Japan
Laview in pictures
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- Distance
- 77 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 20 min
- Average speed
- 58 km/h
- Top speed
- 105 km/h
- Operator
- Seibu Railway
- Train
- Seibu 001 series
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 2019
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Seibu’s radical Laview, with a huge curved windscreen and yellow living-room windows, climbs from Ikebukuro into the Chichibu mountains.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 11763511 (43 km), relation 11703136 (19 km) — 62 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Seibu 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
How long is the Laview?
The Laview runs 77 km from Tokyo (Ikebukuro) to Chichibu.
How long does the Laview take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 20 min for the 77 km. That is an average of 58 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 105 km/h.
Who runs the Laview?
Seibu Railway, with Seibu 001 series.
How old is the Laview?
The line has been in service since 2019. 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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