&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Kyushu_Shinkansen_800_series_Shin-Minamata_20041123.jpg) 800 Series Shinkansen Tsubame at Shin-Minamata Station in November 2004 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Service type | Shinkansen (Local) |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Kyushu Shinkansen |
| First service | 1 October 1930 (Limited express) 13 March 2004 (Shinkansen) |
| Current operator(s) | JR Kyushu |
| Former operator(s) | JNR |
| Route | |
| Termini | Hakata Kumamoto or Kagoshima-Chūō |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | Ordinary class + Green class |
| Catering facilities | Trolley refreshment service |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | 800 series/N700-7000 series/N700-8000 series |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | 25 kV AC, 60 Hz |
| Operating speed | 260 km/h (160 mph)[1] |
The Tsubame (つばめ) is a train service operated by Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) on the Kyushu Shinkansen in Japan since 2004.[1]
The word tsubame (燕) in Japanese means "swallow", and has been used on a succession of limited express trains on the Tokaido and Sanyo Main Line in Japan since 1930.[2]
- ^ a b JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル [JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File] (in Japanese). Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. August 2008. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6.
- ^ 列車名鑑1995 [1995 Train Name Directory] (in Japanese). Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995.