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Shiokaze (train)
Encyclopedia
The is a limited express
train service in Japan
operated by JR Shikoku which runs from Okayama
to Matsuyama
and Uwajima.
Okayama
- Tadotsu - Iyo-Saijō - Matsuyama
- Uwajima
Limited express
A limited express is a type of express train service. It refers to an express service that stops at a limited number of stops in comparison to other express services on the same or similar routes.- Japan :...
train service in Japan
Japan
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operated by JR Shikoku which runs from Okayama
Okayama Station
is a railway station located in the ward of Kita-ku, city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company ....
to Matsuyama
Matsuyama Station (Ehime)
is a JR Shikoku railway station on the Yosan Line located in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.The central station of the prefectural capital is on the Yosan line between Takamatsu, Kagawa and Uwajima, Ehime. Express trains head from Matsuyama to Okayama on Honshū, connecting with the Sanyō...
and Uwajima.
Route
The main stations served by this service are as follows.Okayama
Okayama Station
is a railway station located in the ward of Kita-ku, city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The station is operated by West Japan Railway Company ....
- Tadotsu - Iyo-Saijō - Matsuyama
Matsuyama Station (Ehime)
is a JR Shikoku railway station on the Yosan Line located in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.The central station of the prefectural capital is on the Yosan line between Takamatsu, Kagawa and Uwajima, Ehime. Express trains head from Matsuyama to Okayama on Honshū, connecting with the Sanyō...
- Uwajima
Rolling stock
- 8000 series8000 series (JR Shikoku)The is a limited express electric multiple unit operated by Shikoku Railway Company in Shikoku, Japan....
3- or 5-car tilting EMUs (Okayama - Matsuyama services, coupled with Ishizuchi services) - 2000 series 4- or 5-car tilting DMUs (Okayama - Uwajima services, coupled with Ishizuchi services)
Past rolling stock
- KiHa 181 series DMUs (from 1972)
- KiHa 185 series DMUs (from 1986)
History
- 1972: Shiokaze services start between Takamatsu and Uwajima and between Takamatsu and Matsuyama.
- 1986: KiHa 185 series DMUs introduced, and Shiokaze becomes L Tokkyū service.
- November 1990: 2000 series tilting DMUs introduced.
- July 1992: 8000 series tilting EMUs introduced.
- 15 March 2008: All cars made no-smoking.