Scenic route
A-Train (Amakusa)
Kumamoto → Misumi · Japan
- Distance
- 36.5 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 8 min
- Top speed
- 110 km/h
- Operator
- JR Kyushu
- Train
- KiHa 185
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 2011
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
A jazz-soundtracked bar on rails — dark wood, stained glass, “A-Highball” in hand — swinging along the Ariake tidal flats from Kumamoto to the Amakusa ferry at Misumi.
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