Classic route
Shiosai
Tokyo → Choshi · Japan
JR East’s limited express from Tokyo by Chiba, Sakura and Yōkaichiba to Chōshi, the fishing port at the eastern tip of the Kantō plain, which the Sōbu line reached in 1897.
- Distance
- 120 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 1 h 50 min
- Average speed
- 65 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmTōkyō +9
- 5 kmKinshicho
- 23 kmFunabashi
- 39 kmChiba +1
- 55 kmSakura +1
- 65 kmYachimata
- 76 kmNaruto
- 86 kmYokoshiba
- 93 kmYokaichiba
- 103 kmAsahi
- 106 kmIioka
- 120 kmChoshi
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 18819167: 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 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR East, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Shiosai?
The Shiosai runs 120 km from Tokyo to Choshi.
How long does the Shiosai take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 50 min for the 120 km. That is an average of 65 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Shiosai?
JR East, with E259 series, E257 series.
How old is the Shiosai?
The line has been in service since 1975. 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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