TOHOKU EMOTION

A restaurant on rails — open kitchen car, chef’s courses at every seat — rolling the Sanriku surf from Hachinohe to Kuji along the Tanesashi coast.

Stations

1. 0 kmHachinohe
2. 3 kmNaganawashiro
3. 6 kmHon-Hachinohe
4. 7 kmKonakano
5. 9 kmMutsu-Minato
6. 10 kmShirogane
7. Show 13 more stations

   1. 12 kmSame
   2. 18 kmMutsu-Shirahama
   3. 20 kmTanesashi-Kaigan
   4. 22 kmOkuki
   5. 24 kmKanehama
   6. 26 kmOja
   7. 28 kmHashikami
   8. 29 kmKadonohama
   9. 32 kmHiranai
   10. 34 kmTaneichi
   11. 38 kmTamagawa
   12. 40 kmShukunohe
   13. 43 kmRikuchu-Yagi
8. 46 kmUge
9. 48 kmRikuchu-Nakano
10. 54 kmSamuraihama
11. 62 kmRikuchu-Natsui
12. 65 kmKuji

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 1934360 — 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 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 TOHOKU EMOTION?

The TOHOKU EMOTION runs 65 km from Hachinohe to Kuji.

How long does the TOHOKU EMOTION take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 56 min for the 65 km. That is an average of 34 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 85 km/h.

Who runs the TOHOKU EMOTION?

JR East, with KiHa 110-700.

How old is the TOHOKU EMOTION?

The line has been in service since 2013. 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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