Yakumo_(train)

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Yakumo (train)

Japanese limited express train service

The Yakumo (やくも) is a limited express train service in Japan operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West), which runs from Okayama to Yonago, Matsue and Izumo in Shimane Prefecture.

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Yakumo Limited Express Carriage Interior.
Carriage interior (Nov 2018).
Yakumo pulls into a station (Dec 2018).

This limited express train connects Okayama with Yonago in 2 hours, Okayama with Matsue in 2 hours and 30 minutes, and Okayama with Izumoshi in 3 hours. It stops at Okayama, Kurashiki, Sōja, Bitchū-Takahashi, Niimi, Shōyama, Yonago, Yasugi, Matsue, Tamatsukuri-Onsen, Shinji, and Izumoshi.

Rolling stock

Former rolling stock

Formations

Services are formed as shown below:[1]

273 series

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381 series

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  • Until 5 April 2024, Car 1 was a panoramic green car on some services.[1]

History

The Yakumo service was first introduced on 22 September 1959, as a semi-express service operating between Yonago and Hakata in Kyushu.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Yakumo vehicle information". JR Odekake Net (in Japanese). West Japan Railway Company. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    JR西日本，273系“やくも”の運転を4月6日から順次開始 [JR West to introduce new 273 series "Yakumo" trains from 6 April]. Japan Railfan Magazine (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. [3]
    列車名鑑1995 [Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995. p. 130.
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