Kuroshio (train)

Kuroshio

300px A 289 series EMU on a Kuroshio service in February 2016
Overview
Service type	Limited express
Status	Operational
First service	1965
Current operator(s)	JR West
Former operator(s)	JNR
Route
Line used	Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, Kisei Line (Kinokuni Line)
Technical
Rolling stock	283 series, 287 series, 289 series
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Electrification	1,500 V DC

The Kuroshio (くろしお) is a limited express train service in Japan connecting Kyoto, Shin-Osaka, Tennōji, Wakayama, Kii-Tanabe, Shirahama, and Shingu via the Tokaido Main Line (JR Kyoto Line), Osaka Loop Line, Hanwa Line, and Kisei Line (Kinokuni Line), operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). This article covers the derivative limited express trains, "Super Kuroshio (スーパーくろしお)" and "Ocean Arrow (オーシャンアロー)", the names of which were discontinued from start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012.

Station stops

Kyoto - Shin-Osaka - (Nishikujo) - Tennoji - (Izumi-Fuchu) - (Hineno) - (Izumi-Sunagawa) - Wakayama - Kainan - (Minoshima) - (Fujinami) - (Yuasa) - Gobo - (Minabe) - Kii-Tanabe - Shirahama - Susami - Kushimoto - Koza - Taiji - Kii-Katsuura - Shingu

• (): limited stop
• As trains go direct from the Loop Line to the Umeda Freight Line and Shin-Osaka, no trains go to Osaka Station.

Rolling stock

• 283 series EMUs
• 287 series EMUs
• 289 series EMUs (since 31 October 2015)

New 287 series EMUs were introduced on Kuroshio services from start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012. From the same date, the Super Kuroshio and Ocean Arrow service names were discontinued, with services integrated with Kuroshio services.

New 289 series series EMUs converted from former dual-voltage 683 series trainsets were introduced on Kuroshio services from 31 October 2015, replacing the last remaining JNR-era 381 series trains. The 289 series fleet consists of five six-car sets and three three-car sets (39 vehicles in total).

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  283 series train on an Ocean Arrow service, August 2007

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  A 287 series EMU on a Kuroshio Service

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  A 289 series EMU on a Kuroshio service in February 2016

Former rolling stock

• 381 series EMUs (October 1978 to 30 October 2015)

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  A 381 series EMU on a Kuroshio service in September 2011

Formations

• Green: Green car (first class)
• White: Standard car (second class)
• O: Observation car
• G (green car), R (standard car): Reserved seats
• NR (standard car only): Non-reserved seats
• No smoking available.

Direction

left: Shirahama, Shingū

right: Shin-Osaka, Kyoto

• The services are sometimes operated as 9-car formation between Kyoto and Shirahama.

283 series
(Ocean Arrow type)

1	2	3	4	5	6
O, G	NR	NR	R	R	R

• Women-only seats are available in Car 5.

287 series

1		2	3	4	5	6
G	R	NR	NR	R	R	R

• Women-only seats are available in Car 5.

See also

• List of named passenger trains of Japan

External links

• JR West 287 series Kuroshio (Japanese)
• JR West 289 series Kuroshio (Japanese)