Super Hakuto

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Super Hakuto
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A HOT7000 series DMU on a Super Hakuto service, April 2010
Overview
Service type Limited express
StatusOperational
Locale Tokaido Main Line, Sanyo Main Line, Chizu Express Chizu Line, Inbi Line, Sanin Main Line
First service3 December 1994
Current operator(s) Chizu Express, JR West
Route
Start Kyōto
Stops17
End Kurayoshi
Distance travelled254.0 km (157.8 mi) (Kyoto - Tottori)
293.2 km (182.2 mi) (Kyoto - Kurayoshi)
Average journey time3 hours - 3 hours 30 minutes
Service frequency7 return workings daily
On-board services
Class(es) Standard + Green
Disabled accessYes
Sleeping arrangementsNone
Catering facilitiesNone
Observation facilitiesNone
Entertainment facilitiesNone
Other facilitiesToilet, smoking room
Technical
Rolling stock HOT7000 series DMUs
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification Diesel
Operating speed130 km/h (81 mph)
Track owner(s)JR West, Chizu Express

The Super Hakuto (スーパーはくと) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by the third-sector railway operator Chizu Express and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which runs between Kyoto and Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture at a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph). [1]

Contents

Stops

Trains stop at the following stations:

KyōtoShin-ŌsakaŌsakaSannomiya – (Kōbe) – Akashi – (Nishi-Akashi) – (Kakogawa) – Himeji – (Aioi) – KamigōriSayoŌharaChizuKōgeTottori – (Kurayoshi)

Stations in brackets () are stations where not all trains stop at.

Rolling stock

Super Hakuto

Hakuto

Formation

Services are normally formed of five-car HOT7000 series sets, as shown below, with car 5 at the Kyoto end. All cars are non-smoking, although cars 1 and 5 have smoking rooms. [1]

Car No.12345
NumberingHOT7010HOT7030HOT7040HOT7050HOT7000
AccommodationNon-reservedNon-reservedReservedReservedGreenReserved
FacilitiesSmoking roomToilet Universal access toiletToiletSmoking room

History

Super Hakuto services commenced on 3 December 1994. [2] Initially, Hakuto services using JR West KiHa 181 series DMUs were also operated over the same route, but these were discontinued from November 1997, from which date all six return services daily became Super Hakuto operating at a maximum speed of 130 km/h. [2]

All cars were made non-smoking from 1 June 2008, from which time smoking rooms were added to cars 1 and 5. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 こだわりの新幹線&特急列車ガイド[In-depth Shinkansen & Limited Express Guide] (in Japanese). Japan: Ikaros Publishing. August 2000. pp. 136–137. ISBN   4-87149-284-2.