Odoriko
185 series Odoriko, March 2007
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| Overview | |
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| Service type | Limited express |
| Locale | Kanto region, Japan |
| First service | 1 October 1981 |
| Current operator(s) | JR East |
| Former operator(s) | JNR |
| Route | |
| Start | Tokyo or Ikebukuro |
| End | Izukyu-Shimoda |
| Line used | Tōkaidō Main Line, Itō Line, Izu Kyūkō Line, Sunzu Line |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | Standard + Green |
| Technical | |
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185 series EMU 251 series EMU (Super View Odoriko) |
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| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 1,500 V DC overhead |
| Operating speed | 120 km/h (75 mph) (Super View Odoriko) |
The Odoriko (踊り子?) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East), which runs between Tokyo and Izukyū-Shimoda or Shuzenji in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Services are operated by 7-, 10-, and 10+5-car 185 series EMUs, making it the longest Limited Express train running in Japan (excluding shinkansen trains).
The word odoriko means a dancing girl in Japanese. The train service was named after the title of novel Izu no Odoriko (The Dancing Girl of Izu) by Yasunari Kawabata. The stage of the novel is the destination of the train, Izu Peninsula.
The limited express service was inaugurated on 1 October 1981 following the introduction of the then-new 185 series EMUs, replacing the earlier Amagi limited express and Izu express services from Tokyo to Izu.
An Odoriko service in 1982 formed of a 183 series EMU
An Odoriko service in 2001 formed of a 185 series EMU in original livery
The Super View Odoriko (スーパービュー踊り子?) is a deluxe version of the Odoriko introduced from 28 April 1990. It uses 251 series 10-car EMUs and runs between Tokyo or Ikebukuro and Izukyū-Shimoda. The service was originally scheduled to commence from the start of the revised timetable on 10 March 1990, but rolling stock delivery delays meant that services were substituted by regular Odoriko services using 185 series EMUs.
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