Scenic route
Yufuin no Mori
Fukuoka → Yufuin · Japan
Forest-green parlour cars with a buffet of Kyushu treats: over the Mino passes and along the Kusu valley to the boutique onsen town under Mount Yufu.
- Distance
- 135 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 62 km/h
- Top speed
- 95 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmHakata +4
- 14 kmFutsukaichi
- 29 kmTosu
- 36 kmKurume
- 39 kmKurume-Kōkōmae
- 57 kmTanushimaru
- 62 kmChikugo-Yoshii
- 66 kmUkiha
- 83 kmHita
- 95 kmAmagase
- 109 kmBungo-Mori
- 135 kmYufuin
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. 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
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 10141535: 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 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: JR Kyushu, 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 Yufuin no Mori?
The Yufuin no Mori runs 135 km from Fukuoka to Yufuin.
How long does the Yufuin no Mori take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 10 min for the 135 km. That is an average of 62 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 95 km/h.
Who runs the Yufuin no Mori?
JR Kyushu, with Kiha 71/72 “Yufuin no Mori”.
How old is the Yufuin no Mori?
The line has been in service since 1989. 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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