High-speed route
Kyushu Shinkansen
Fukuoka → Kagoshima · Japan
- Distance
- 257 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 16 min
- Top speed
- 260 km/h
- Operator
- JR Kyushu
- Train
- N700-8000 “Sakura”
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 2011
Down the volcanic spine of Kyushu to Sakurajima’s smoking cone — mostly inside tunnels, all speed.
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