Yakumo

JR West’s new 2024 tilting 273 series takes the Hakubi line’s passes to Izumo, home of Japan’s oldest grand shrine.

Stations

1. 0 kmOkayama +4
2. 18 kmKurashiki
3. 28 kmSōja
4. 51 kmBitchū-Takahashi
5. 81 kmNiimi
6. 111 kmShōyama
7. 127 kmNeu
8. 154 kmHōki-Daisen
9. 159 kmYonago +1
10. 167 kmYasugi +1
11. 187 kmMatsue +1
12. 194 kmTamatsukuri-Onsen +1
13. 204 kmShinji
14. 219 kmIzumoshi +2

The stations the Wikipedia article lists as this train’s stops, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• The 136 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 1839656 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: 96.4% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 16 m); the longest stretch away from it is 7.5 km
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR West — 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 Yakumo?

The Yakumo runs 221 km from Okayama to Izumo.

How long does the Yakumo take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h for the 221 km. That is an average of 74 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Yakumo?

JR West, with 273 series.

How old is the Yakumo?

The line has been in service since 1972. 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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