Classic route
Thunderbird
Osaka → Tsuruga · Japan
- Distance
- 138 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 20 min
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Operator
- JR West
- Train
- 683 series
- Countries
- Japan
- In service since
- 1995
Since the 2024 bullet-train extension it sprints from Osaka up the wild western shore of Lake Biwa to Tsuruga, Hokuriku’s new shinkansen gateway.
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