Classic route
Limited Express Shinano
Nagoya → Nagano · Japan
- Distance
- 251 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- JR Central
- Train
- JR 383 tilting EMU
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1911
Page last updated 2026-07-20 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Tilting up the Kiso Valley: the old Nakasendō post road’s gorge and pass country on the classic mountain road to Nagano.
Limited Express Shinano in pictures
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