Night train route
Sunrise Express
Tokyo → Izumo · Japan
Japan’s last regular sleeper; the Izumo half splits at Okayama and takes the Hakubi Line gorges to the sacred San’in coast by breakfast.
- Distance
- 953 km
- Fastest time
- 12 h 8 min
- Average speed
- 79 km/h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 9807035 (341 km), relation 1839656 (136 km), 477 km of the route between them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 18 m); the longest stretch away from it is 5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR West · JR East, 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 Sunrise Express?
The Sunrise Express runs 953 km from Tokyo to Izumo.
How long does the Sunrise Express take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 12 h 8 min for the 953 km. That is an average of 79 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 130 km/h.
Who runs the Sunrise Express?
JR West and JR East, with 285 series.
How old is the Sunrise Express?
The line has been in service since 1998. 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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