Nasuno

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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a train service operated on the Tōhoku Shinkansen by East Japan Railway Company (JR East) in Japan.[1] It serves all stations between Template:STN and Template:STN, a medium-sized city approximately 225 km north of Tokyo.[2]

Origin

The name Nasuno is derived from the Script error: No such module "Nihongo". and Script error: No such module "Nihongo". areas located alongside the Tōhoku Shinkansen between Utsunomiya and Kōriyama.

Operations

There are approximately 16 return Nasuno trains daily, starting/terminating either at Template:STN, Nasushiobara, or Kōriyama. Nasuno services stop at all stations en route. Double-decker Nasuno services formed of E4 series sets also operated up until September 2012, named Max Nasuno.

Rolling stock

Former rolling stock

  • 200 series (June 1982 – November 2011)
  • E1 series (Max Nasuno) (July 1994 – December 1999)
  • E4 series (Max Nasuno) (20 December 1997 - 28 September 2012)

History

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165 series Nasuno service, 1984

The name Nasuno was first introduced on 22 September 1959 for Script error: No such module "Nihongo". services operating between Template:STN in Tokyo and Template:STN on the Tōhoku Main Line. In 1966, this was upgraded to become an Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., and on 14 March 1985, it was upgraded to become a Limited express using 185 series EMU rolling stock. From 10 March 1990, the train was rerouted to operate between Template:STN in Tokyo and Kuroiso.[5]

On 10 December 1995, the name was adopted for the new all-stations services on the Tōhoku Shinkansen.[1] The Tōhoku Main Line services to and from Shinjuku were renamed Ohayō Tochigi and Hometown Tochigi from this date. Prior to 1995, Aoba services formed the all-stations services along the whole line. However, with the introduction of short-distance Nasuno services, Aoba services were reduced, and in 1997, discontinued altogether, with the local services covered by Nasuno as far as Kōriyama, and all further stations served by the Yamabiko.

See also

References

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External links

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  3. JR Timetable, March 2013 =
    • 200 series (June 1982 – November 2011)
    • E1 series (Max Yamabiko) (July 1994 – December 1999)
    • E4 series (Max Yamabiko) (until 28 September 2012) issue
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