Super Kamui
A 789-1000 series EMU on a Super Kamui / Airport service in January 2009
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| Overview | |
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| Service type | Limited express |
| Locale | Hokkaido |
| First service | 22 September 1959 (Kamui) 1 October 2007 (Super Kamui) 4 March 2017 (Kamui) |
| Current operator(s) | JR Hokkaido |
| Former operator(s) | JNR |
| Route | |
| Start | Sapporo |
| End | Asahikawa |
| Distance travelled | 136.8 km (85.0 mi) |
| Average journey time | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Service frequency | Half-hourly |
| On-board services | |
| Class(es) | Standard class only |
| Technical | |
| 789-1000 series EMUs | |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
| Electrification | 20 kV AC overhead |
| Operating speed | 130 km/h (80 mph) |
The Kamui (カムイ?) (named Super Kamui (スーパーカムイ?) between 2007 and 2017) is a limited express train service operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) since 2007 on the Hakodate Main Line, connecting Sapporo and Asahikawa in Hokkaido, Japan.
Services run every 30 minutes, with a journey time of 1 hour and 20 minutes for the 136.8 km (85.0 mi) between Sapporo and Asahikawa, giving an average start-to-stop speed of 102.6 km/h (63.8 mph). Services departing from Asahikawa on the hour continue onward from Sapporo to New Chitose Airport as the Airport rapid service.
Services stop at the following stations.
Services are formed of five-car 789-1000 series EMUs. All seats are non-reserved, except for car 4, which has upgraded "u-Seat" accommodation, including AC outlets for personal use.
785 series non-reserved seating, May 2008
785 series reserved "u-Seat" car, August 2007
789-1000 series non-reserved seating, May 2008
789-1000 series reserved "u-Seat" car, September 2007
Trains are formed as shown below, with car 1 at the Asahikawa end.
The original Kamui service started on 22 September 1959, as a "semi express" service operating between Otaru and Asahikawa. From 1961, KiHa 56 express diesel multiple unit trains were introduced, and Kamui services were formally upgraded to "express" status from the start of the revised timetable on 5 March 1966. Following electrification of the route, 711 series three-car EMUs were introduced on the Kamui 3 and 4 services from October 1968. From 1 October 1969, these were increased to six-car formations.
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