Super Hakuto
A HOT7000 series DMU on a Super Hakuto service, April 2010
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| Overview | |
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| Service type | Limited express |
| Locale | Tokaido Main Line, Sanyo Main Line, Chizu Express Chizu Line, Inbi Line, Sanin Main Line |
| First service | 3 December 1994 |
| Current operator(s) | Chizu Express, JR West |
| Route | |
| Start | Kyoto |
| End | Tottori, Kurayoshi |
| Technical | |
| HOT7000 series DMUs | |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | Diesel |
| Operating speed | 130 km/h (80 mph) |
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 km/h (80 mph).
Kyoto - Shin-Osaka - Osaka - Sannomiya - Akashi - Himeji - (Aioi) - Kamigōri - Sayo - Ōhara - Chizu - Kōge - Tottori - Kurayoshi
KiHa 181 series DMU on a Hakuto service
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.
Super Hakuto services commenced on 3 December 1994. 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.
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