Service type Limited express Current operator(s) Chizu Express, JR West End Tottori, Kurayoshi | First service 3 December 1994 Start Kyoto | |
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Locale Tokaido Main Line, Sanyo Main Line, Chizu Express Chizu Line, Inbi Line, Sanin Main Line | ||
The Super Hakuto (スーパーはくと) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by the third-sector railway operator Chizu Express and West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which runs between Kyoto and Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture at a maximum speed of 130 km/h (80 mph).
Contents
Station stops
Kyoto - Shin-Osaka - Osaka - Sannomiya - Akashi - Himeji - (Aioi) - Kamigōri - Sayo - Ōhara - Chizu - Kōge - Tottori - Kurayoshi
Super Hakuto
Hakuto
Formation
Services are normally formed of five-car HOT7000 series sets, as shown below, with car 5 at the Kyoto end. All cars are non-smoking, although cars 1 and 5 have smoking rooms.
History
Super Hakuto services commenced on 3 December 1994. Initially, Hakuto services using JR West KiHa 181 series DMUs were also operated over the same route, but these were discontinued from November 1997, from which date all six return services daily became Super Hakuto operating at a maximum speed of 130 km/h.
All cars were made non-smoking from 1 June 2008, from which time smoking rooms were added to cars 1 and 5.