Super Hakuto

Average journey time3 hours - 3 hours 30 minutesService frequency7 return workings dailyOn-board servicesClass(es)Standard + GreenDisabled accessYesSleeping arrangementsNoneCatering facilitiesNoneObservation facilitiesNoneEntertainment facilitiesNoneOther facilitiesToilet, smoking roomTechnicalRolling stockHOT7000 series DMUsTrack gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)ElectrificationDieselOperating speed130 km/h (81 mph)Track owner(s)JR West, Chizu Express

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 kilometres per hour (81 mph).^[1]

Stops

Trains stop at the following stations:

Kyōto – Shin-Ōsaka – Ōsaka – Sannomiya – (Kōbe) – Akashi – (Nishi-Akashi) – (Kakogawa) – Himeji – (Aioi) – Kamigōri – Sayo – Ōhara – Chizu – Kōge – Tottori – (Kurayoshi)

Stations in brackets () are stations where not all trains stop at.

• Only Super Hakuto no 13 stops at Kōbe, Nishi-Akashi, and Kakogawa
• Only Super Hakuto no 1 and 3 stop at Aioi
• Super Hakuto no 9 and 13 terminate at Tottori

Rolling stock

Super Hakuto

• HOT7000 series tilting DMUs (since 3 December 1994)

Hakuto

• KiHa 181 series DMUs (3 December 1994 - November 1997)

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  KiHa 181 series DMU on a Hakuto service

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.^[1]

Car No.	1	2	3	4		5
Numbering	HOT7010	HOT7030	HOT7040	HOT7050		HOT7000
Accommodation	Non-reserved	Non-reserved	Reserved	Reserved	Green	Reserved
Facilities	Smoking room	Toilet	Universal access toilet	Toilet		Smoking room

• Car 5 is sometimes replaced by a HOT7020 car with a gangwayed cab end.^[1]

History

Super Hakuto services commenced on 3 December 1994.^[2] 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.^[2]

All cars were made non-smoking from 1 June 2008, from which time smoking rooms were added to cars 1 and 5.^[1]

References

External links

• Chizu Express Super Hakuto (in Japanese)
• JR West Super Hakuto HOT7000 series train information (in Japanese)