Classic route
Spacia X
Tokyo (Asakusa) → Nikko · Japan
Tobu’s champagne-white flagship to Nikko’s shrine forest: a cockpit lounge, craft beer on draught, and Tokyo Skytree receding from the rear window.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 5392090 (41 km), relation 11801774 (95 km) — 136 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Tobu 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Spacia X?
The Spacia X runs 136 km from Tokyo (Asakusa) to Nikko.
How long does the Spacia X take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 50 min for the 136 km. That is an average of 74 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Spacia X?
Tobu Railway, with Tobu N100 “Spacia X”.
How old is the Spacia X?
The line has been in service since 2023. 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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