&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:JNR_EF65_1019_seto.jpg) A Seto service at Takamatsu Station, October 1995 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Limited express |
| Status | Discontinued |
| Locale | Japan |
| First service | 1 April 1950 (Express) 15 March 1972 (Limited express) |
| Last service | 10 July 1998 |
| Successor | Sunrise Seto |
| Current operator(s) | JR West |
| Former operator(s) | JNR |
| Route | |
| Termini | Tokyo Takamatsu |
| Distance travelled | 805.0 km (500.2 mi) |
| Average journey time | 10 hours 35 minutes (1998) |
| Service frequency | 1 return working daily |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | 24/25 series sleeping cars |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC |
The Seto (瀬戸) was a limited express Blue Train 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 Takamatsu in Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku until July 1998.[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. 305–308. ISBN 4-88732-093-0.
- ^ 最新特急大カタログ [Modern Limited Express Catalogue]. Japan: JTB. November 1992. p. 110.