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Shiosai
A 255 series EMU on aShiosaiservice in June 2021
Overview
Service typeLimited express
LocaleSōbu Main Line
First service10 March 1975
Current operator(s)JR East
Former operator(s)JNR
Route
TerminiTokyo
Chōshi
Distance travelled120.5 km (74.9 mi)
On-board services
Catering facilitiesTrolley service
Technical
Rolling stock255 series,E257-500 seriesEMUs
Track gauge1,067 mm(3 ft 6 in)
Electrification1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed130 km/h (80 mph)

TheShiosai(しおさい)is alimited expresstrain service inJapanoperated byEast Japan Railway Company(JR East). It runs fromTokyoandShinjukutoChōshion theBōsō PeninsulainChiba Prefecture.

Station stops[edit]

Shiosaiservices operate over theSōbu Main Line,stopping at the stations listed below. All 7 round trips are operated daily except for one inbound trip which is not operated on Saturdays and holidays. No services operate as "Local" all-stations services in any section; this characteristic is different from that of Wakashio ltd.exp.[1][2][3]

Tokyo-Kinshichō-Chiba-Sakura-Yachimata-Narutō-Yokoshiba-Yōkaichiba-Asahi-Iioka-Chōshi

Rolling stock[edit]

An E257-500 series 5-car set on aShiosaiservice in January 2012

Shiosaiservices are operated using Makuhari-based 9-car255 seriesEMUand 10-carE257-500 seriesEMU formations. The E257-500 series formations have no Green (first class) cars.[5][2]

Future rolling stock[edit]

E259 series6-car EMUs (from 16 March 2024[4])

Past rolling stock[edit]

Formations[edit]

Trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Tokyo end.[2]

9-car 255 series[edit]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Numbering KuHa 254 MoHa 254 MoHa 255 SaRo 255 SaHa 254 SaHa 255 MoHa 254 MoHa 255 KuHa 255
Accommodation Reserved Reserved Reserved Green Reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved

5+5-car E257 series (No. 4 only)[edit]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Numbering KuHa E256-500 MoHa E257-1500 MoHa E256-500 MoHa E257-500 KuHa E257-500 KuHa E256-500 MoHa E257-1500 MoHa E256-500 MoHa E257-500 KuHa E257-500
Accommodation Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved

Past formations[edit]

183 series EMU on aShiosaiservice, May 2005

Trains were originally formed of 9-car183 seriesEMUs, including one Green car, or 6-car sets with no Green car,[6]but from December 1994, services were formed of 8-car 183 series sets with the Green car removed, as shown below.[7][8]

8-car 183 series[edit]

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Accommodation Reserved Reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved

History[edit]

165 series EMU on a specialInubōrevival working in November 2002

TheShiosaiservice was introduced from 10 March 1975 following the completion of electrification of theSōbu Main Linein October 1974, using 9-car183 seriesEMUs, replacing five of the seven daily diesel-poweredInubō(Khuyển phệ)express services that operated betweenShinjuku/RyōgokuandChōshi.[8]

From the start of the November 1982 timetable revision, further 183 series EMUs were drafted in, displaced fromTokilimited express services following the opening of theJoetsu Shinkansen,[9]and the remainingInubōexpress services were discontinued and absorbed into theShiosaiservices, giving seven return workings daily.[8]

From the start of the revised timetable on 10 December 2005,255 series9-car EMUs were introduced onShiosaiservices.[10]From the same date, services were made entirely no-smoking.[10]

From the start of the 14 March 2015 timetable revision, allShiosaiservices started and terminated at Tokyo Station, with no services operating from Shinjuku.[11]

From the start of the 16 March 2024 timetable revision,E259 series6-car EMUs used onNarita Expressservices are scheduled to also be used on Shiosai services for six return trips. Meanwhile,E257 seriestrains in 5-car formations will continue to be used for one return trip. As a result, 255 series sets will no longer operate on these services.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^JR Timetable.Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. April 2016. pp. 95–95, 984.
  2. ^abcThiên diệp を tẩu る liệt xa ＞しおさい: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Chiba branch Japan
  3. ^Thiên diệp を tẩu る liệt xa ＞わかしお: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Chiba branch Japan
  4. ^abc"2023【ダイヤ cải chính nhật 】 2024 niên 3 nguyệt 16 nhật ( thổ ) - JR đông nhật bổn"[2023[Timetable revision date] Saturday, March 16, 2024 - JR East](PDF)(in Japanese). JR East. 15 December 2023.Retrieved22 December2023.
  5. ^JR tân càn tuyến ＆ đặc cấp liệt xa ファイル[JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbun. 2008. p. 646.ISBN978-4-330-00608-6.
  6. ^Quốc thiết điện xa biên thành biểu １９８５ niên bản[JNR EMU Formations - 1985]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. October 2010. p. 30.ISBN978-4-330-17610-9.
  7. ^こだわりの tân càn tuyến ＆ đặc cấp liệt xa ガイド[In-depth Shinkansen & Limited Express Guide]. Japan: Ikaros Publishing. August 2000. pp. 84–85.ISBN4-87149-284-2.
  8. ^abcTeramoto, Mitsuteru (July 2001).Quốc thiết ・ＪＲ liệt xa danh đại từ điển[JNR & JR Train Name Encyclopedia]. Tokyo, Japan: Chuoshoin Publishing Co., Ltd. p. 266.ISBN4-88732-093-0.
  9. ^JR đặc cấp liệt xa niên giam 2013[Limited Express Annual 2013]. Tokyo, Japan: Ikaros Publications Ltd. 20 December 2012. p. 166.ISBN978-4-86320-654-0.
  10. ^abJR điện xa biên thành biểu 2012 đông[JR EMU Formations - Winter 2012]. Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. October 2011. pp. 50–51.ISBN978-4-330-25611-5.
  11. ^JR Timetable.Japan: Kotsu Shimbunsha. February 2015.EAN4910053110259.

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