Scenic route
HIGH RAIL 1375
Kobuchizawa → Komoro · Japan
- Distance
- 79 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 14 min
- Top speed
- 85 km/h
- Operator
- JR East
- Train
- KiHa 100 · 110
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 2017
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Grinds to 1,375 m at JR’s highest rail point below Yatsugatake — observatory seats by day, a stargazing dome and astronomer-guided night runs under the Milky Way.
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