Heritage route
SL Yamaguchi
Shin-Yamaguchi → Tsuwano · Japan
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A pacific steam locomotive has hauled this special up the Yamaguchi line to the little castle town of Tsuwano, the “Kyoto of San-in”, since 1979.
Stations
- 0 kmShin-Yamaguchi
- 10 kmYudaonsen
- 13 kmYamaguchi
- 39 kmMitani
- 50 kmTokusa
- 62 kmTsuwano
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 1950435 — 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 West — 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 SL Yamaguchi?
The SL Yamaguchi runs 63 km from Shin-Yamaguchi to Tsuwano.
How long does the SL Yamaguchi take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h for the 63 km. That is an average of 32 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 65 km/h.
Who runs the SL Yamaguchi?
JR West, with D51 steam with retro Series 35 4000 coaches.
How old is the SL Yamaguchi?
The line has been in service since 1979. 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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