Wakashio

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Wakashio
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E257-500 series EMU on a Wakashio service, July 2010
Overview
Service type Limited express
Locale Chiba Prefecture
First service 15 July 1972
Current operator(s) JR East
Former operator(s) JNR
Route
Start Tokyo
End Awa-Kamogawa
Distance travelled 132.5 km (82.3 mi)
Service frequency 13 return trips daily
Line used Keiyo Line, Sotobo Line
On-board services
Catering facilities Trolley service
Technical
Rolling stock 255 series, E257-500 series EMUs
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification 1,500 V DC overhead
Operating speed 120 km/h (75 mph)

The Wakashio (わかしお?) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It runs from Tokyo to Kazusa-Ichinomiya and Awa-Kamogawa on the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture.

Station stops

Wakashio services operate over the Keiyo Line and Sotobo Line, stopping at the following stations.[1] Some services terminate at Kazusa-Ichinomiya, and some services operate as "Local" all-stations services between Katsuura and Awa-Kamogawa.[2]

Tokyo - Kaihin-Makuhari - Soga - Toke - Ōami - Mobara - Kazusa-Ichinomiya - Ōhara - Onjuku - Katsuura - Ubara - Kazusa-Okitsu - Awa-Kominato - Awa-Amatsu - Awa-Kamogawa

Shinjuku Wakashio services, operating mainly at weekends only, stop at the following stations between Shinjuku and Soga.[1]

Shinjuku - Akihabara - Kinshichō - Funabashi - Tsudanuma - Chiba - Soga ... Awa-Kamogawa

Rolling stock

Wakashio services are operated using Makuhari-based 9-car 255 series EMU and 5- or 10-car E257-500 series EMU formations. The E257-500 series formations have no Green (first class) cars.[2]

  • JR East 255 Limited Express Sazanami.jpg

    255 series

  • JRE E257 NB-01 Wakashio Kasairinkai.jpg

    E257-500 series

Past

  • 183 series 9-car EMUs (15 July 1972 – October 2004)
  • 183 Wakashio 20020503.jpg

    A 183 series EMU, May 2002

Formations

Trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Tokyo end.[2][3]

9-car 255 series

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 Non-reserved Non-reserved Reserved Green Reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved

5-car E257 series

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5
Numbering KuHa E256-500 MoHa E257-1500 MoHa E256-500 MoHa E257-500 KuHa E257-500
Accommodation Reserved Reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved
  • Car 1 is non-reserved on some services.[1]

5+5-car E257 series

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 Non-reserved Non-reserved Reserved Reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved

Past formations

Trains were originally formed of 9-car 183 series EMUs with formed as shown below, including one Green car, as shown below.[4]

9-car 183 series

Car No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Accommodation Reserved Reserved Reserved Green Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved Non-reserved
  • All cars except the Green car were non-reserved for Ohayo Wakashio and Hometown Wakashio services.[4]

History

The Wakashio service commenced on 15 July 1972, using 183 series EMUs.[5] Evening Hometown Wakashio services for commuters were introduced from 16 March 1991, operating from Tokyo to Kazusa-Ichinomiya.[6] New 255 series EMUs were introduced from 2 July 1993, initially branded as View Wakashio.[6] Morning Oyaho Wakashio services for commuters were introduced from 3 December 1994, operating from Kazusa-Ichinomiya to Tokyo.[6] New E257-500 series EMUs were introduced from 16 October 2004, displacing the remaining 183 series trainsets.[2] From the start of the revised timetable on 10 December 2005, Wakashio services were made entirely no-smoking.[3]

The opening of the Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line road across the Tokyo Bay in 1997 saw increased competition from long-distance bus services offering cheaper fares, resulting in decreasing ridership figures on the Wakashio services.[7] From the start of the 15 March 2014 timetable revision, the number of services was reduced from 15 to 13 return workings daily.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 JR Timetable, August 2011 issue, p.110-1005
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