Classic route
Limited Express Sonic
Fukuoka → Oita · Japan
Limited Express Sonic in pictures
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- Distance
- 200 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 05 min
- Average speed
- 96 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- JR Kyushu
- Train
- 883 “Sonic” tilting EMU
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1995
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The blue “wonderland express”: tilting 883s reverse at Kokura and chase the coast past Nakatsu to the steaming hells of Beppu and Oita.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 6 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR Kyushu — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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