Hayabusa (train)

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The Hayabusa connection ( Japanese は や ぶ さ , German peregrine falcon ) is a train connection operated by JR East on the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan , which has been available since March 5, 2011. Between 1958 and 2009 a night train connection between Tokyo and Kagoshima had the same name .

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E5 series train in use as a Hayabusa connection in March 2011

The Hayabusa connection is the fastest connection on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. Since the connection was introduced in March 2011, three pairs of trains have been offered every day , which stop at the following stations:

  • only a few trains going to Tokyo stop at Hachinohe .

The connections without a stop in Hachinohe take 3 hours and 10 minutes for the 674.9 km route. From the timetable change in March 2013, the maximum speed is to be increased to 320 km / h in order to further reduce travel times.

The late evening connection Hayabusa 5 and the early morning connection Hayabusa 2 only operate between Tokyo and Sendai.

Vehicle deployment & train formation

The Hayabusa connections are operated exclusively with 10 car trains of the Shinkansen series E5 . Reservation is mandatory and smoking is prohibited. Car 1 is always the Zugspitze or the end in the direction of Tokyo.

Wagon no. 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10
class default default default default default default default default Green Gran Class
Facilities     Card phone   Card phone /
wheelchair space		       Wheelchair space  

history

Night train (1958–2009)

A Hayabusa night train pulled by an EF66 locomotive in March 2009

The Hayabusa night train was first offered on October 1, 1958. He operated between Tokyo and Kagoshima. From 1960 the train was extended to 20 sleeping cars and went to Nishi-Kagoshima. From March 1975 four more cars were added.

The previously carried dining car was no longer offered from March 1993.

From December 1999 the Hayabusa night train was coupled with the Sakura night train between Tokyo and Tosu . After the Sakura night train was discontinued on March 1, 2005, the Hayabusa night train was combined with the Fuji night train between Tokyo and Moji . Due to the ever-decreasing number of passengers, the Hayabusa night train, which last consisted of 14 sleeping cars, was finally discontinued with the timetable change in March 2009.

Shinkansen (since March 2011)

With the timetable change in March 2011, the name Hayabusa was revived on the Tōhoku Shinkansen. The new connection is the fastest connection on the Tōhoku Shinkansen and is operated with vehicles from the E5 series.

Further connections of the Tōhoku Shinkansen

Web links

Commons : Hayabusa (Shinkansen)  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Hayabusa (Night Train)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "東北 新 幹線「 は や ぶ さ 」３ 月 ５ 日 デ ビ ュ ー！" Press release from JR East on the occasion of the start of operations of the Hayabusa connections, November 11, 2010. (PDF, Japanese; 181 kB)
  2. ↑ Timetable of the Tōhoku Shinkansen ( Memento from August 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. ↑ さ ら ば 九州 ブ ル ー ト レ イ ン . Ikaros Publications Ltd., Tokyo 2009. ISBN 978-4-86320-168-2
  4. ↑ 寝 台 特急 ”富士” ・ ”は や ぶ さ” も の が た り . Railfan Magazine, 2009 No. 49