Limited Express Shinano

Tilting up the Kiso Valley: the old Nakasendō post road’s gorge and pass country on the classic mountain road to Nagano.

Stations

1. 0 kmNagoya +2
2. 4 kmKanayama
3. 8 kmChikusa
4. 36 kmTajimi
5. 68 kmEna
6. 79 kmNakatsugawa
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 98 kmNagiso
   2. 124 kmAgematsu
   3. 132 kmKiso-Fukushima
   4. 172 kmShiojiri +1
8. 185 kmMatsumoto +1
9. 200 kmAkashina
10. 217 kmHijiri-Kōgen
11. 238 kmShinonoi
12. 247 kmNagano +2

The stations the Wikipedia article lists as this train’s stops, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. 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

• The 173 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 8886361 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 11 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR Central, 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 Shinano?

The Limited Express Shinano runs 251 km from Nagoya to Nagano.

How long does the Limited Express Shinano take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h for the 251 km. That is an average of 84 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.

Who runs the Limited Express Shinano?

JR Central, with JR 383 tilting EMU.

How old is the Limited Express Shinano?

The line has been in service since 1911. 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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