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The Hayabusa service commenced on 1 October 1958, operating between Tokyo and Kagoshima. [4] From 20 July 1960, the train was upgraded with 20 series sleeping cars, and extended to run to and from Nishi-Kagoshima (now Kagoshima-Chūō). [4] From 9 March 1975, the train was upgraded with 24 series sleeping cars. [4]
The Hayabusa (はやぶさ, "Peregrine falcon") is a high-speed limited express sleeping car service formerly operated by JR Kyushu which ran from Tokyo to Kumamoto in Japan until March 2009. The name is now used for a Shinkansen service operated by JR East and JR Hokkaido, which runs from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto from March 2016.
The Hokutosei (北斗星) was a limited express sleeping car train service in Japan which operated between Ueno Station in Tokyo and Sapporo Station in the northern island of Hokkaido, taking approximately 16.5 hours.
The train changed direction at Aomori and Hakodate. Northbound trains to Sapporo departed from Ueno after 16:00, and called at Ōmiya, Utsunomiya, Kōriyama, Fukushima, Sendai, Ichinoseki, and Morioka. The first stop in Hokkaido was at Hakodate at 05:00 the following day, with arrival in Sapporo around 09:30. Southbound trains to Ueno departed ...
The Tokyo–Osaka express trains, Tsubame and Hato, began to be hauled by JNR EF58 locomotives for the entire length of the route, reducing travel time from 8 hours to 7 hours and 30 minutes. [10] With no concerns about smoke polluting the carriages, these trains were painted light green and nicknamed Aodaishō (green snakes, referring to the ...
The ten-coach train consists of six sleeping cars, a lounge car, a dining car, and observation cars at either end of the train. [6] Five of the sleeping cars each have three private suite rooms, while one car (car 7) has two deluxe suites - a split-level " maisonette " type and a single-level "flat" type. [ 6 ]