Kinugawa (train)
{{Short description|Japanese train service}}
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{{Infobox rail service
| name = Kinugawa
Spacia Kinugawa
| image = JREast253-1000 OM-N02 20110206.jpg
| image_width = 300px
| caption = A 253-1000 series EMU, February 2011
| type = Limited express
| first = 2006
| last =
| operator = JR East/Tobu Railway
| line_used = Yamanote Freight Line, Tōhoku Main Line, Tōbu Nikkō Line, Tōbu Kinugawa Line
| stock = 253-1000 series, Tobu 100 series
| speed = {{Convert|120|km/h|mph|round=5|abbr=on}}
}}
The {{nihongo|Kinugawa|きぬがわ}} and {{nihongo|Spacia Kinugawa|スペーシアきぬがわ}} are limited express train services in Japan operated jointly by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) and Tobu Railway between {{STN|Shinjuku|x}} in Tokyo and {{STN|Kinugawa-Onsen|x}} in Tochigi Prefecture.{{cite book | title = ＪＲ新幹線＆特急列車ファイル |trans-title=JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File| publisher = Kōtsū Shimbun | year = 2008 | location = Japan | page = 76| isbn = 978-4-330-00608-6}}
Station stops
Kinugawa and Spacia Kinugawa services alike stop at the following stations.JR Timetable, March 2013 issue, p.102
- {{STN|Shinjuku|x}}
- {{STN|Ikebukuro|x}}
- {{STN|Urawa|x}}
- {{STN|Ōmiya|x|Saitama}}
- {{STN|Tochigi|x}}
- {{STN|Shin-Kanuma|x}}
- {{STN|Shimo-Imaichi|x}}
- {{STN|Kinugawa-Onsen|x}}
Rolling stock
Since 4 June 2011, Kinugawa services are formed of refurbished 253-1000 series 6-car EMU sets,{{cite web |url= http://railf.jp/news/2011/06/04/072900.html|script-title=ja:485系が"日光"・"きぬがわ"運用を終える|trans-title= End of 485 series operations on Nikko and Kinugawa services|date= 4 June 2011|work= Japan Railfan Magazine Online|publisher= Koyusha Co., Ltd.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= |archivedate= |accessdate= 4 June 2011}} and Spacia Kinugawa services are formed of Tobu 100 series Spacia EMUs. Prior to 4 June 2011, JR East services were formed of a dedicated 6-car 485 series EMU set, which was occasionally substituted by a reserve 189 series set nicknamed {{Nihongo|Ayano|彩野}}.
File:Spacia Kinugawa at Ikebukuro.jpg|Tobu 100 series EMU on a Spacia Kinugawa service at Ikebukuro Station, April 2019
File:Tobu100 Spacia Kinugawa.jpg|Tobu 100 series EMU on a Spacia Kinugawa service, May 2009
File:JRE-485-G58.JPG|JR East 485 series EMU on a Kinugawa service, May 2006
File:JRE EC189 Kinugawa.jpg|189 series "Ayano" set on a Kinugawa service at Shinjuku Station, June 2007
History
The Kinugawa service was introduced from 18 March 2006 as a limited express service operated jointly by JR East and Tobu between {{STN|Shinjuku|x}} and {{STN|Kinugawa-Onsen|x}}, utilizing a newly constructed link between the two railways' tracks at Kurihashi Station, where trains stop briefly for a crew change.
From the start of the revised timetable on 16 March 2013, Kinugawa services also stop at Urawa Station.
See also
- List of named passenger trains of Japan
- Nikkō – a similar service between Shinjuku and Tōbu Nikkō, also jointly operated by JR East and Tobu
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110324013443/https://www.jreast.co.jp/train/express/485nikko.html JR East 485 series Nikkō/Kinugawa] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:Named passenger trains of Japan
Category:East Japan Railway Company