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The Kuroshio (くろしお) is a limited express train service in Japan connecting Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Tennōji, Wakayama, Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama, and Shingu via the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, and Kisei Line (Kinokuni Line), operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
The 287 series (287系, 287-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) in Japan on limited express services such as the Kinosaki and Kounotori from Kyoto and Osaka since 12 March 2011. [3] [4] 287 series EMUs were introduced on Kuroshio services from the start of the revised timetable ...
The 283 series (283系, 283-kei) is a DC electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) on limited express services on the Kinokuni Line (Kisei Main Line) in Japan.
The Nanki limited express runs between Nagoya and Shingū or Kii-Katsuura with 4 return workings a day via the Ise Railway. The Kuroshio limited express runs between Kyoto/Shin-Ōsaka/Tennōji and Shingū with 15 return workings a day. The line is generally divided to four parts for local services, by Shingū, Kii-Tanabe, Gobō, and Wakayama.
Train name Operator Train endpoints Operated Akatsuki: JR-West: Kyoto – Nagasaki: 1965 – Mar 2008 Akebono: JR East: Ueno – Aomori: 1970 – Jan 2015 Asakaze: JR-West Tokyo – Shimonoseki 1956 – Mar 2005 Cassiopeia: JR East Ueno – Sapporo: 1999 – Mar 2016; occasionally operates as a charter train Dream Nichirin: JR Kyushu
JR-West 381 series trains were removed from Kuroshio, Kounotori, Kinosaki, and Hashidate limited express services in October 2015, with the last services operating on 30 October. [ 7 ] As the new 273 series sets began service from 6 April 2024, it was announced by JR West in December 2023 that the remaining 381 series sets were scheduled to be ...
In the immediate aftermath of the war, almost all surviving express train carriages were requisitioned by the Allied Occupation Forces. Services such as the Allied Limited (Tokyo–Moji), Dixie Limited (Tokyo–Hakata), and the BCOF Train (Tokyo–Kure) operated on the Tōkaidō Line.
Nakamura Station is the terminus of the 43.0 kilometer Tosa Kuroshio Nakamura Line which starts from Kubokawa. It is also the starting point of the 23.6 kilometer Tosa Kuroshio Sukumo Line which terminates at Sukumo. [3] The station is also served by two JR Shikoku limited express services.