Toki(train)

TheToki(とき)is a high-speedShinkansentrain service operated byEast Japan Railway Company(JR East) on theJoetsu Shinkansenin Japan.

Toki

E7 series set F21 on aTokiservice in January 2021
Overview
Service type	Shinkansen(Semi-express)
Status	Operational
Locale	Honshu,Japan
First service	10 June 1962 (Limited express) 15 November 1982 (Shinkansen)
Current operator(s)	JR East
Former operator(s)	JNR
Route
Termini	Tokyo Niigata
Line(s) used	Joetsu Shinkansen
On-board services
Class(es)	Standard + Green + Gran Class
Catering facilities	Trolley service
Technical
Rolling stock	E7 series
Track gauge	1,435 mm(4 ft8+1⁄2in)
Electrification	25 kV AC (50 Hz), overhead
Operating speed	275 km/h (170 mph)

The name is taken from the Japanese name of thecrested ibis,for which Niigata is famous.

Station Stops

• Tokyo
• Ueno**
• Ōmiya
• Kumagaya*
• Honjo-Waseda*
• Takasaki**
• Jomo-Kogen*
• Echigo-Yuzawa*
• Urasa*
• Nagaoka**
• Tsubame-Sanjo*
• Niigata

(*) Not served by all trains

(**) Not served by Toki 311 only

Rolling stock

• E7 series12-car sets (Toki) (from 3 March 2019)

• 
  An E7 series set

Former rolling stock

• E1 series12-car sets (Max Toki) (until 28 September 2012)
• 200 series10-car sets (until 15 March 2013)
• E2 series10-car sets (26 January 2013 until 17 March 2023)
• E4 series8-car sets (Max Toki) (until 1 October 2021)

• 
  A refurbished E1 series set
• 
  A refurbished 200 series set
• 
  A refurbished E2 series trainset
• 
  A refurbished E4 series set

History

Limited express

A 181 series EMU on aTokiservice in 1982

The nameTokiwas first introduced on 10 June 1962 forlimited expressservices operating betweenUenoin Tokyo andNiigataon theJoetsu Line.These services stopped atŌmiya,Minakami,Echigo-Yuzawa,Urasa,Nagaoka,Higashi-SanjōandNiitsuThis service operated until 14 November 1982, the day before theJoetsu Shinkansenopened.

Shinkansen

From the start of services on the newly openedJōetsu Shinkansenon 15 November 1982,Tokibecame the name used for the all-stations shinkansen services operating initially betweenŌmiyaand Niigata, later between Ueno and Niigata, and eventually betweenTokyoand Niigata.

TheTokiname was discontinued from October 1997 following the introduction of newTanigawaall-stations services between Tokyo andEchigo-Yuzawa.However, the name was reinstated from December 2002 to replace the nameAsahiused for all Tokyo to Niigata trains.

E2 series10-car sets were re-introduced on four returnTokiservices daily from 26 January 2013, operating at a maximum speed of 240 km/h (150 mph).

TheE4 seriessets were retired at the beginning of October 2021, marking the end of bi-level high-speed trains operating on Shinkansen services.

E2 series sets were removed from allTokiservices (as well as the slowerTanigawaservices on the Joetsu Shinkansen) on 18 March 2023 timetable revision as the line underwent an operating speed increase from 240 to 275 km/h (149 to 171 mph).

Special train services

A specialJoetsu Shinkansen 30th Anniversary(Thượng càng Shinkansen khai trương 30 đầy năm hào,Jōetsu Shinkansen Kaigyō 30-shūnen-gō)service ran asToki395 from Omiya to Niigata on 17 November 2012 using 10-car 200 series set K47.

See also

• List of named passenger trains of Japan

External links

• 200 seriesYamabiko/Toki/Nasuno/Tanigawa(in Japanese)
• E1 seriesMax Toki/Max Tanigawaat theWayback Machine(archived 22 July 2011)(in Japanese)
• E4 seriesMax Toki/Max TanigawaArchived24 July 2017 at theWayback Machine(in Japanese)