The Coto Coto Train is a touristic train service in the Fukuoka Prefecture region of Kyushu , southern Japan .
6-534: The service started in 2019. The train is run by the Heisei Chikuhō Railway Company. It was designed by Eiji Mitooka and is based on the concept of “relaxation, delicious food, and fun”. The train is bright red on the outside with a wooden interior using Ōkawa " kumiko " (lattice) woodwork and stained glass ceilings. Food is served using local natural ingredients. The service is slow for sightseeing purposes and has 48 seats. The train passes through
12-608: The Ita Line (伊田線) and the Tagawa Line (田川線). It takes 3 hours 20 minutes in total. This Japanese rail transport related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Heisei Chikuh%C5%8D Railway The Heisei Chikuho Railway Co. Ltd. ( 平成筑豊鉄道株式会社 ) is a third-sector operator of four railway lines in Fukuoka Prefecture , Japan. The railway's nickname is Heichiku. Fukuoka Prefecture holds 27.5% of
18-680: The Act, see " Rail transport in Japan " for details) on the track owned by the city of Kitakyūshū as Category 3 operator. As of 1 April 2016 , the railway operates a fleet of 12 single-car 400 series diesel railcars (numbered 401 to 412) and one 500 series diesel railcar (numbered 501). In 2016, the railway purchased former KiHa 2000 series diesel rail car KiHa 2004 from the Hitachinaka Seaside Railway in Ibaraki Prefecture , which
24-421: The former coal mining area of Chikuhō (now part of Iizuka , Kaho District ). The name "Coto Coto" sounds like the noise of the train. The service includes French cuisine produced by Takeshi Fukuyama, a chef from Fukuoka . The ingredients in the appetizers come from nine cities, towns, and villages on the route used by the train. The service follows Nōgata – Tagawaita – Nōgata (again) – Yukuhashi , using
30-490: The stock in the railway. The cities of Tagawa , Nōgata , and Yukuhashi hold 14.8%, 6.6%, and 6.6% each. The Mojikō Retro Kankō Line is classified as a "specific purpose railway business" ( 特定目的鉄道事業 , tokutei mokuteki tetsudō jigyō ) under the Railway Business Act of Japan as it does not purport to transport daily passengers or freight. Heisei Chikuhō Railway operates trains as Category 2 operator (as defined in
36-560: Was withdrawn from service in December 2015. In 2019, the Coto Coto Train started as a new touristic service in the Fukuoka Prefecture . The former 300 series DMU cars operated by the railway were withdrawn December 2010. Car 303 was shipped to Myanmar , and car 304 is retained in operating condition for use on special driving days by members of the general public. The company was founded on April 26, 1989. On October 1, 1989 it assumed
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