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 kilometres per hour (81 mph).[1]

Stops

Trains stop at the following stations:

Kyōto – Shin-Ōsaka – Ōsaka – Sannomiya – (Kōbe) – Akashi – (Nishi-Akashi) – (Kakogawa) – Himeji – (Aioi) – Kamigōri – Sayo – Ōhara – Chizu – Kōge – Tottori – (Kurayoshi)

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

  • Only Super Hakuto no 13 stops at Kōbe, Nishi-Akashi, and Kakogawa
  • Only Super Hakuto no 1 and 3 stop at Aioi
  • Super Hakuto no 9 and 13 terminate at Tottori

Rolling stock

Super Hakuto

Hakuto

  • KiHa 181 series DMU on a Hakuto service
    KiHa 181 series DMU on a Hakuto service

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. 1 2 3 4 5
Numbering HOT7010 HOT7030 HOT7040 HOT7050 HOT7000
Accommodation Non-reserved Non-reserved Reserved Reserved Green Reserved
Facilities Smoking room Toilet Universal access toilet Toilet Smoking room
  • Car 5 is sometimes replaced by a HOT7020 car with a gangwayed cab end.[1]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル [JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File] (in Japanese). Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. 2008. p. 92. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6.
  2. ^ a b 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.

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