The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles runs 5.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Natsumi Kuroda (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Natsumi Kuroda
Natsumi Kuroda narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 53 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
933 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Heart the Lover
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- Sea of Tranquility
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles is an audiobook by Hiro Arikawa: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Natsumi Kuroda, released June 5, 2025, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Natsumi Kuroda
- Released
- June 5, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781529947038
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles as an audiobook?
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles?
The Passengers on the Hankyu Line: The beloved Japanese modern classic from the author of The Travelling Cat Chronicles is narrated by Natsumi Kuroda.