Scenic route
Tosa Toki no Yoake no Monogatari
Kochi → Kubokawa · Japan
Ryoma-themed “dawn of a new era” train pairs Tosa seafood with Pacific panoramas above Susaki and Tosa-Kure bays, locals waving it through tea fields to Kubokawa.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 12261156 — 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 Shikoku — 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 Tosa Toki no Yoake no Monogatari?
The Tosa Toki no Yoake no Monogatari runs 72 km from Kochi to Kubokawa.
How long does the Tosa Toki no Yoake no Monogatari take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 36 min for the 72 km. That is an average of 28 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the Tosa Toki no Yoake no Monogatari?
JR Shikoku, with KiRo 185.
How old is the Tosa Toki no Yoake no Monogatari?
The line has been in service since 2020. 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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