&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:BLUE_TRAIN_IZUMO.jpg) An Izumo service at Tokyo Station, December 1997 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Limited express |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | Japan |
| First service | 29 June 1947 (Semi express) 19 November 1956 (Express) 15 March 1972 (Limited express) |
| Last service | 18 March 2006 |
| Successor | Sunrise Izumo |
| Current operator(s) | JR West |
| Former operator(s) | JNR |
| Route | |
| Termini | Tokyo Hamada |
| Distance travelled | 1,042 km (647 mi) |
| Average journey time | 15 hours 11 minutes (1998) |
| Service frequency | 2 return workings daily |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | 14 series, 24/25 series sleeping cars |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC |
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.[1][2]
- ^ Teramoto, Mitsuteru (July 2001). 国鉄・ＪＲ列車名大辞典 [JNR & JR Train Name Encyclopedia]. Tokyo, Japan: Chuoshoin Publishing Co., Ltd. pp. 96–98. ISBN 4-88732-093-0.
- ^ 最新特急大カタログ [Modern Limited Express Catalogue]. Japan: JTB. November 1992. p. 111.