- Mizuho (train)
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Mizuho 
JR West N700-7000 series shinkansen set undergoing test running, April 2009 Service type Shinkansen Operator JR Kyushu, JR West Line used Kyushu Shinkansen, Sanyo Shinkansen Maximum speed 300 km/h (190 mph) Started 1961 (Limited express)
2011 (Shinkansen)Rolling stock N700-7000/8000 series The Mizuho (みずほ) is a limited-stop shinkansen service operated between Shin-Ōsaka and Kagoshima in Japan since 12 March 2011, following the completion of the Kyūshū Shinkansen.[1]
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History
The Mizuho was first introduced on 1 October 1961 as a limited express sleeper train service, which ran from Tokyo to Kumamoto in Kyūshū. This train was discontinued from 3 December 1994.[2]
On 20 October 2010, it was formally announced by JR West and JR Kyushu that the Mizuho name would be used once again from 12 March 2011 for the new limited-stop shinkansen services operating between Shin-Ōsaka and Kagoshima-Chūō using new JR West and JR Kyushu N700-7000 and N700-8000 series 8-car trainsets with a fastest journey time of 3 hours 45 minutes, some 25 minutes faster than the Sakura services. Trains stop at Shin-Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kokura, Hakata, and Kumamoto only, running at a maximum speed of 300 km/h on the Sanyo Shinkansen and 260 km/h on the Kyushu Shinkansen. The services are aimed primarily at the business market, with two return services in the morning and two in the evening.[1]
Like the Nozomi service that operates on the Tokaido and San'yo Shinkansen, the Mizuho is not valid for tourists traveling with a Japan Rail Pass.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "新幹線「みずほ」鹿児島―大阪３時間４５分 ["Mizuho" Shinkansen: Kagoshima - Osaka 3 hrs 45 mins]" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Online (The Yomiuri Shimbun). 21 October 2010. http://kyushu.yomiuri.co.jp/news/national/20101021-OYS1T00181.htm. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
- ^ 列車名鑑1995 [Train Name Directory 1995]. Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995.
- ^ Japan Railways. "JAPAN RAIL PASS validity". http://www.japanrailpass.net/eng/en004.html. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
External links
- JR Kyūshū news release (20 October 2010) (Japanese)
- JR West news release (20 October 2010) (Japanese)
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earning trainsetsClass 1000 • Class 951 • Class 961 • Class 962 • Doctor Yellow • WIN350 • STAR21 • 300X • Fastech 360 • Gauge Change Train • MLX-01Operators Named trains of Kyushu Railway Company Shinkansen Tsubame · Sakura · Mizuho
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