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Train routes in Japan
42 routes · high-speed 9 · classic 13 · night train 3 · scenic 17
42 routes cross Japan in the TrainRouter atlas. The longest is the Seven Stars in Kyushu at 1,000 km; the fastest is the Hayabusa, running up to 320 km/h; the oldest line dates to 1902. Every route links to its facts, photo and story — and to the interactive world map.
Open the world railway map →High-speed (9)
- Tokaido Shinkansen Tokyo → Osaka · 515 km · 2 h 21 min
- Hokuriku Shinkansen Tokyo → Kanazawa · 450 km · 2 h 28 min
- Hayabusa Tokyo → Hakodate · 862 km · 3 h 57 min
- Sanyo Shinkansen Osaka → Fukuoka · 553 km · 2 h 21 min
- Kyushu Shinkansen Fukuoka → Kagoshima · 257 km · 1 h 16 min
- Joetsu Shinkansen Tokyo → Niigata · 300 km · 1 h 29 min
- Akita Shinkansen Tokyo → Akita · 663 km · 3 h 37 min
- Yamagata Shinkansen Tokyo → Shinjo · 421 km · 3 h 10 min
- Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen Takeo-Onsen → Nagasaki · 66 km · 23 min
Classic (13)
- SL Gunma Takasaki → Minakami · 59 km · ≈ 2 h
- Limited Express Azusa Tokyo (Shinjuku) → Matsumoto · 225 km · 2 h 23 min
- Limited Express Sonic Fukuoka → Oita · 200 km · 2 h 05 min
- Spacia X Tokyo (Asakusa) → Nikko · 136 km · 1 h 50 min
- Odakyu Romancecar Tokyo (Shinjuku) → Hakone-Yumoto · 89 km · 1 h 15 min
- Narita Express Tokyo → Narita Airport · 79 km · 53 min
- Thunderbird Osaka → Tsuruga · 138 km · 1 h 20 min
- Haruka Kyoto → Kansai Airport · 99 km · 1 h 20 min
- Kaiji Shinjuku → Kofu · 134 km · 1 h 30 min
- Hokuto Sapporo → Hakodate · 319 km · 3 h 40 min
- Ozora Sapporo → Kushiro · 349 km · 4 h 5 min
- Laview Tokyo → Chichibu · 77 km · 1 h 20 min
- Yakumo Okayama → Izumo · 221 km · 3 h
Night train (3)
- Sunrise Express Tokyo → Izumo · 953 km · 12 h 8 min
- Seven Stars in Kyushu Fukuoka → Fukuoka · 1,000 km · ≈ 4 days
- Twilight Express Mizukaze Osaka → Shimonoseki · 720 km · ≈ 27 h
Scenic (17)
- Tadami Line Aizu-Wakamatsu → Koide · 135 km · 4 h 30 min
- Kurobe Gorge Railway Unazuki Onsen → Keyakidaira · 20 km · 1 h 20 min
- Hakone Tozan Railway Hakone-Yumoto → Gora · 9 km · 38 min
- Resort Shirakami Akita → Aomori · 250 km · ≈ 5 h
- Sagano Scenic Railway Kyoto (Arashiyama) → Kameoka · 7 km · 25 min
- Yufuin no Mori Fukuoka → Yufuin · 135 km · 2 h 10 min
- Saphir Odoriko Tokyo → Izukyu-Shimoda · 168 km · 2 h 30 min
- Limited Express Hida Nagoya → Toyama · 256 km · 3 h 50 min
- Enoden Kamakura → Fujisawa · 10 km · 34 min
- Oigawa SL Kawane-ji Shin-Kanaya → Kawane-Onsen · 31 km · 1 h
- Isumi Railway Ohara → Kazusa-Nakano · 27 km · 50 min
- Shimakaze Osaka → Kashikojima · 137 km · 2 h 20 min
- Fujisan View Express Otsuki → Kawaguchiko · 27 km · 50 min
- Saphir Odoriko Tokyo → Shimoda · 168 km · 2 h 40 min
- Ibusuki no Tamatebako Kagoshima → Ibusuki · 46 km · 55 min
- Aso Boy! Kumamoto → Miyaji · 53 km · 1 h 30 min
- Watarase Keikoku Railway Kiryu → Manba · 44 km · 1 h 30 min