Luxury route
Train Suite Shiki-shima
Tokyo (Ueno) → Tokyo (Ueno) · Japan
JR East’s champagne-gold cruise train: four days from Ueno through Tōhoku and under the Seikan Tunnel to Hokkaido, in suites with cypress baths — Japan’s hardest train ticket.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 91.7% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 45 m); the longest stretch away from it is 16 km
- 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Train Suite Shiki-shima?
The Train Suite Shiki-shima is a 1,522 km round trip from Tokyo (Ueno).
How long does the Train Suite Shiki-shima take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 4 days for the 1,522 km. The line's top service speed is 110 km/h.
Who runs the Train Suite Shiki-shima?
JR East, with E001 series.
How old is the Train Suite Shiki-shima?
The line has been in service since 2017. 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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