Scenic route
Tama Densha
Wakayama → Kishi · Japan
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Eiji Mitooka’s white train painted with 101 cartoon Tamas trundles to Kishi, where calico stationmaster Tama famously saved the line — a cat shrine now guards the platform.
Stations
- 0 kmWakayama
- 1 kmTanakaguchi
- 1 kmNichizengū
- 3 kmKōzaki
- 4 kmKamayama
- 5 kmKōtsū-Center-mae
- 5 kmOkazaki-mae
- 6 kmKire
- 8 kmIdakiso
- 9 kmSandō
- 11 kmŌike-Yūen
- 12 kmNishi-Yamaguchi
- 13 kmKanroji-mae
- 14 kmKishi
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 6044040 — 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: Wakayama Electric 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 Tama Densha?
The Tama Densha runs 14.3 km from Wakayama to Kishi.
How long does the Tama Densha take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 30 min for the 14.3 km. That is an average of 29 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Tama Densha?
Wakayama Electric Railway, with 2270 series.
How old is the Tama Densha?
The line has been in service since 2009. 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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