Hokuto (train)

*Hokuto* / *Super Hokuto*
Overview
KiHa 281 series DMU on Super Hokuto service
Service type	Limited express
First service	1949 (Express) 1965 (Limited express) 1994 (Super Hokuto)
Current operator(s)	JR Hokkaido
Route
Line used	Hakodate Main Line
Technical
Rolling stock	KiHa 183 series (Hokuto) KiHa 281 series and KiHa 283 series (Super Hokuto)

The Hokuto (北斗) and Super Hokuto (スーパー北斗, Sūpā hokuto) are limited express train services between Sapporo and Hakodate in Hokkaido operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido). The journey time of the Super Hokuto is approximately 3 hours, faster than that of the Hokuto.

Super Hokuto services started on 1 March 1994,^[1] and cut journey time by about 30 minutes due to the higher speeds through the many curves of the line between Sapporo and Hakodate.

Rolling stock

The Hokuto is operated by KiHa 183 series DMUs. The Super Hokuto is operated by KiHa 281 and KiHa 283 series tilting DMUs.

A KiHa 80 series DMU on a Hokuto service circa 1986
A KiHa 183 series DMU on a Hokuto service in 1992
A KiHa 183 series DMU on a Hokuto service in February 2010
A KiHa 281 series DMU on a Super Hokuto service in 1994
A KiHa 283 series DMU on a Super Hokuto service in June 2001
A KiHa 261-1000 series DMU on a Super Hokuto service in May 2016

References

↑ Haraguchi, Takayuki (2009). Encyclopedia of JR's Railway Cars: JR全車輌. Japan: Sekai Bunka. p. 115. ISBN 978-4-418-09905-4.

External links

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JR Hokkaido KiHa 281/283 Super Hokuto train information (Japanese)

Mass transit in Hokkaido

JR Hokkaido lines	Hokkaido Shinkansen Chitose Esashi Furano Hakodate Hidaka Kaikyō Muroran Nemuro Rumoi Sasshō Sekihoku Sekishō Senmō Sōya Temiya

JR named trains	Hayabusa Hayate Cassiopeia Hakuchō Hamanasu Hokuto Ishikari Kitami Lilac Okhotsk Sarobetsu Super Hakuchō Super Hokuto Super Kamui Super Ōzora Super Sōya Super Tokachi Super White Arrow Suzuran Twilight Express White Arrow

Other railways	Hakodate Streetcar Sapporo Streetcar Taiheiyō Coal (freight only) South Hokkaido Railway Company

Sapporo Municipal Subway	Namboku Tōzai Tōhō

Terminals	Rail Hakodate Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Sapporo Ōdōri Shin-Sapporo Asahikawa Airports Asahikawa New Chitose Hakodate Kushiro Memanbetsu Monbetsu Nakashibetsu Okadama Okushiri Rishiri Tokachi-Obihiro Wakkanai Ports Hakodate Otaru Tomakomai Kushiro

Public Ferries	Heart Land Ferry(ja) (Wakkanai <=> N. Islands) Silver Ferry (Tomakomai <=> Hachinohe) Tsugaru Kaikyo Ferry(ja) (Hakodate <=> Aomori) Seikan Ferry(ja) (Hakodate <=> Aomori) Shin Nihonkai Ferry MOL Ferry(ja) Taiheiyo Ferry(ja) Haboro-Enkai Ferry(ja) (Haboro <=> Yagishiri Island)

Miscellaneous	Shinkansen Cards Kitaca SAPICA Tunnels Seikan Tunnel

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