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The Kamome name (written as "鷗") was first used from 1 July 1937 on limited express trains operating between Tokyo and Kobe. This service continued until February 1943. [1] The name (written as "かもめ") was subsequently revived from 15 March 1953 for use on limited express services operating between Kyoto and Hakata.
Example of 207 series Rapid Service display (JR Tōzai Line direct train) "Rapid Trains" or "Rapid Service" (Japanese: 快速列車, Hepburn: Kaisoku Ressha) are trains that generally do not require an additional charge such as an express fare on Japanese railroads, but provide express service to the destination station by passing through some or all of the intermediate stations and stopping ...
2022– 260 Yes Kodama: Echo: JR Central / JR-West Tokyo – Shin-Ōsaka and Shin-Ōsaka – Hakata: 1964– 285 Yes Komachi: Beauty [3] JR East Tokyo – Akita: 1997– 320 Yes Mizuho: Harvest, also an ancient name of Japan JR Kyushu / JR-West Shin-Ōsaka – Kagoshima-Chūō: 2011– 300 No Nasuno: refers to Nasu highlands: JR East Tokyo ...
A 181 series EMU on a Toki service in 1982. The name Toki was first introduced on 10 June 1962 for limited express services operating between Ueno in Tokyo and Niigata on the Joetsu Line.These services stopped at Ōmiya, Minakami, Echigo-Yuzawa, Urasa, Nagaoka, Higashi-Sanjō and Niitsu This service operated until 14 November 1982, the day before the Joetsu Shinkansen opened.
Refurbished JR Kyushu 485 series EMU with "Midori Express" branding, March 1994 From 1 July 1976, following electrification of the route from Hakata to Nagasaki and Sasebo, the Midori name was revived for new services operating between Kokura , Hakata and Sasebo, using 4-car 485 series EMUs running as 12-car formations in conjunction with ...
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The C62 has achieved a level of fame due in part to the manga/anime series Galaxy Express 999, in which the express is pulled by an advanced space locomotive that is built to replicate a C62. The founders of Hudson Soft , rail fan brothers Yuji and Hiroshi Kudo, were fond of the C62 and other 4-6-4 locomotives, [ 8 ] so they named their company ...
Details of the N100 series were first announced on 11 November 2021. The N100 series is intended to succeed the 100 series Spacia as Tobu's flagship limited express fleet. [5] Production of the fleet began in fiscal 2022, [6] with the first two sets, N101 and N102, being delivered from Hitachi's Kasado plant from 5 March 2023. [7]