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Kubikino
485 series EMU on aKubikinorapid service, March 2007
Overview
Service typeRapid
StatusDiscontinued
LocaleShinetsu Main Line
PredecessorMinori
First service1 December 2002
Last service13 March 2015
SuccessorShirayuki
Former operator(s)JR East
Route
TerminiNiigata
Arai
Service frequency3 return services daily
On-board services
Class(es)Green + Standard
Technical
Rolling stock485 seriesEMUs
Track gauge1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)

TheKubikino(くびき dã)was a "Rapid" limited-stop train service in Japan operated by theEast Japan Railway Company(JR East) betweenNiigataandAraion theShinetsu Main Linein Niigata Prefecture from 2002 until March 2015.[1]

Service pattern

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Services consisted of three trains in each direction daily.[1][2]

Rolling stock

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Services were formed of 6-car485 seriesEMUs, which included Green car (first class) accommodation. Niigata-based sets T16 and T17 were normally allocated toKubikinoduties, as these two sets did not receive the Green car seat refurbishment applied to other 485 sets used onInaholimited express services in 2007.[1][3]

  • Niigata-based set T-16 on a Kubikino service, May 2012
    Niigata-based set T-16 on aKubikinoservice, May 2012
  • Niigata-based JNR-liveried set K-2 on a Kubikino service, May 2012
    Niigata-basedJNR-liveried set K-2 on aKubikinoservice, May 2012

Formation

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Trains were formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Arai end.[1][4]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Numbering KuRoHa 481 MoHa 484 MoHa 485 MoHa 484 MoHa 485 KuHa 481
Accommodation Green Reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved

History

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TheKubikinoservices commenced from the start of the revised timetable on 1 December 2002, replacing the previousMinorilimited express services.[1]4-car 485 series were initially used on these services, but 6-carInaho485 series sets were used from 20 May 2006 to relieve overcrowding.[1]

A predecessor to theKubikinorapid service, theKubiki(くびき),operated as a semi-express betweenNiigataandAraifrom 1 October 1963, and as an express service from 5 March 1966, before being absorbed intoYoneyama(よねやま)semi-express services operating betweenNaganoand Niigata from 30 September 1968.[5][6]

Kubikinoservices were discontinued from the start of the revised timetable on 14 March 2015, coinciding with the opening of theHokuriku Shinkansenextension from Nagano to Kanazawa. Services were replaced by newShirayukilimited expressservices operating between Niigata and Arai.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^abcdefJR tân càn tuyến ＆ đặc cấp liệt xa ファイル[JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File]. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2008. p. 140.ISBN978-4-330-00608-6.
  2. ^JR Timetable, August 2011 issue, pp. 570–579
  3. ^"Việt hậu lộ をめぐる quốc thiết hình xa lạng の hiện huống" [The Current State of JNR Rolling Stock on Echigo Routes].Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine.Vol. 40, no. 330. Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. October 2011. pp. 12–23.
  4. ^JR điện xa biên thành biểu 2012 đông[JR EMU Formations - Winter 2012]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. October 2011. p. 35.ISBN978-4-330-25611-5.
  5. ^Liệt xa danh giam 1995[Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995. p. 125.
  6. ^Teramoto, Mitsuteru (July 2001).Quốc thiết ・ＪＲ liệt xa danh đại từ điển[JNR & JR Train Name Encyclopedia]. Tokyo, Japan: Chuoshoin Publishing Co., Ltd. pp. 215–216.ISBN4-88732-093-0.
  7. ^Bắc lục tân càn tuyến trường dã ～ kim trạch gian khai nghiệp に bạn う vận hành kế họa の khái yếu について[Outline of service plans for opening of Hokuriku Shinkansen from Nagano to Kanazawa](PDF).News release(in Japanese). Japan: JR East & JR West. 27 August 2014.Retrieved28 August2014.
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