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The Sunrise Izumo (サンライズ出雲, Sanraizu Izumo) is an overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East), Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) since July 1998.
The 285 series (285系, 285-kei) is a sleeper electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated jointly by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and West Japan Railway Company (JR-West) on the overnight Sunrise Izumo and Sunrise Seto limited express services in Japan.
The Sunrise Seto services were introduced together with the Sunrise Izumo on 10 July 1998. [9] Previously, the Seto operated as a separate "Blue train" service connecting Tokyo with Takamatsu. [10] The Sunrise Izumo was intended to attract more passengers to train transportation by introducing newly designed trains and by reducing the journey time.
The Izumo (出雲) was a limited express overnight sleeping car train service in Japan operated by Japanese National Railways (JNR) and later by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which ran from Tokyo to Izumoshi and Hamada in Shimane Prefecture until March 2006.
The term "Tōkaidō Main Line" is largely a holdover from pre-Shinkansen days; now various portions of the line have different names which are officially used by JR East, JR Central, and JR West. Today, the only daily passenger train that travels the entire length of the line is the combined Sunrise Izumo/Sunrise Seto service which runs ...
The first Blue Train was known as the Asakaze.It ran between Hakata and Tokyo beginning in 1956; air-conditioned cars were added two years later. As was the case with sleeper train services in other parts of the world, the Blue Trains acquired a romantic aspect and, at the peak of their popularity in the late 1970s, appeared in many novels.
Notable features: Brightness variable from 0%-100% | Sunset simulation | 13 preloaded alarm sounds | Numerous relaxation sounds | Night-light setting The Hatch Restore 2 is a full-featured sunrise ...
Izumo: JR East Tokyo – Izumoshi (via Tottori) 1972 – Mar 2006 Marimo: JR Hokkaido Sapporo – Kushiro: 2001–2008 Naha: JR Kyushu Kyoto – Kumamoto 1968 – Mar 2008 Nihonkai: JR-West / JR East Ōsaka – Aomori 1968 – Mar 2012 Sunrise Izumo: JR Central / JR-West Tokyo – Izumoshi (via Okayama) 1998– Sunrise Seto: JR Central / JR-West